Cardiovascular Disease
Across
- 3. abnormally uncomfortable awareness of breathing
- 5. abnormal rhythm of the heart
- 7. malformations of heart structure existing at birth
- 8. volume of blood pumped per minute
- 9. unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness
- 11. injury or death of muscular tissue of the heart
- 12. the most important factor in determining individual differences in maximal exercise capacity
- 13. pale gray or blue skin color
- 18. enlarged heart
- 19. nonsurgical technique for treating diseased arteries by temporarily inflating a tiny balloon inside an artery
Down
- 1. any medicine that keeps blood from clotting
- 2. condition where arteries become narrowed and hardened due to plaque build-up around artery wall
- 4. disease involving heart and blood vessels
- 6. forceful or rapid beating of the heart
- 7. Used to construct a detour around a blockage or diseased area
- 10. type of pacemaker with one lead placed into right atrium or right ventricle
- 14. loss of consciousness
- 15. cholesterol lowering medication
- 16. medicine that relaxes blood vessels and increases supply of blood and oxygen to heart while reducing workload
- 17. type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel within the brain bursts