Cardiovascular System Medical Terminology

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  1. 2. a laboratory test used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
  2. 3. dilated and swollen veins
  3. 6. a portable ECG machine that the patient wears for a few days to record heart activity
  4. 8. a medical abbreviation that means implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  5. 10. a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  6. 12. the artery that carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation
  7. 13. a medical abbreviation that means cardiopulmonary resusciatation
  8. 15. an instrument used to measure pressure; commonly known as a blood pressure cuff
  9. 17. a very small vein that collects blood from the capillaries
  10. 18. a complete stopping of the heart
  11. 19. a medical suffix that means rupture
  12. 22. a test that uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels
  13. 23. the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
  14. 24. a lack of blood flow to the heart due to a blockage or narrowing of a coronary artery; commonly known as a heart attack
  15. 25. a medical abbreviation that means echocardiogram
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  1. 1. the body's smallest blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
  2. 4. a medical prefix that means plug or blockage
  3. 5. a medical prefix that means chest
  4. 7. the body's largest vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body back to the heart's right atrium
  5. 9. a cardiovascular condition characterized by narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart, caused by atherosclerosis
  6. 11. a medical prefix that means pulse
  7. 14. a procedure using X-ray dye and a catheter to inject the dye into the vessels surrounding the heart to show narrowing or aneurysms
  8. 16. a medical abbreviation that means atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
  9. 20. a medical word part that means blood vessel
  10. 21. a medical abbreviation that means congestive heart failure