Cardiovascular Disease
Across
- 4. infarction dead tissue in heart muscle
- 6. choking, suffocating, chest pain
- 9. electric shock used to restore the heart rhythm
- 11. listening with a stethoscope
- 12. balloonlike enlargement of an artery wall
- 14. hardening of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaques
- 15. cholesterol lowering drug
- 16. enalrgement of the heart
- 17. occlusion blockage of a vessel due to a clot
- 18. medication that expands the blood vessels
- 19. medication that slows blood coagulation
- 20. instrument to measure blood pressure
Down
- 1. abnormally slow heartbeat
- 2. loss of normal heartbeat rhythm
- 3. buildup of fatty deposit within an artery
- 5. pain, tension, and weakness in a limb after walking has begun
- 7. blood supply deficiency due to obstruction of a blood vessel
- 8. disease condition of heart muscle
- 10. study of electrical activity of the heart
- 13. record / x-ray of a blood vessel