Cardiovascular Crossword
Across
- 2. small vessels the perfuse tissues
- 5. deliver blood to tissues
- 6. acute coronary syndromes
- 8. battery powered EKG machine that records heart activity
- 11. blockage of vessels that carry blood from the heart to the legs
- 13. muscle
- 14. cardiovascular disease
- 17. blocking blood supply to the brain
- 18. return blood to the heart
- 20. pertaining to
- 22. blood
- 23. TTE; uses sound waves to evaluate heart chambers and valves
Down
- 1. heart doesn't pump enough blood for your body's needs
- 3. small vessels
- 4. TEE; sedation to help relax
- 7. arteries cant deliver enough oxygen to the heart
- 8. muscular pumping device
- 9. transient ischemic attack
- 10. heart
- 12. peripheral vascular disease
- 15. ECG or EKG; record electrical activity of the heart
- 16. gives information about the flow of blood through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle
- 19. membrane that lines the inside chambers of the heart
- 21. walls of aorta become weak and split, burst or block up
- 24. cerebrovascular accident