Cardiovascular Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A procedure done in a specialized area of radiology. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysm.
  2. 6. fast heart rate
  3. 8. A surgical procedure in which the patient’s heart is replaced with the heart from a donor.
  4. 10. Do not resuscitate.
  5. 11. The machine records the electrical activity of the heart.
  6. 12. A “bulge” on one side of an artery.
  7. 13. A instrument to measure pressure
  8. 15. enlarged heart
  9. 16. Surgical puncture in the heart.
  10. 21. high blood pressure
  11. 23. typically appear swollen and raised, and have a bluish-purple or red color.
  12. 24. Intensive care unit
  13. 25. Heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
Down
  1. 1. When the heart stops beating suddenly and respiration (breathing) and other body functions stop as a result.
  2. 3. Contains thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart.
  3. 4. Semilunar valve and is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
  4. 5. chest pain
  5. 7. Contains thick walls and carry blood away from the heart.
  6. 9. Contains very thin walls so the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as well as the exchange of nutrients can occur.
  7. 14. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
  8. 17. emergency department
  9. 18. A portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.
  10. 19. Ventricular fibrillation (VF)
  11. 20. an inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart
  12. 22. Contains four chambers, pumps blood throughout the body.