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Across
- 4. hardening or narrowing of arteries
- 6. upper chamber of the heart
- 9. prefix meaning “heart”
- 11. suffix meaning “inflammation”
- 14. ultrasound imaging of the heart
- 16. main muscular pump of the body
- 18. chest pain caused by reduced blood flow
- 24. high blood pressure
- 26. vessel carrying blood away from the heart
- 27. myocardial infarction
Down
- 1. procedure using a tube inserted into the heart
- 2. congestive heart failure
- 3. abnormal heart rhythm
- 5. emergency procedure to restore circulation
- 7. prefix meaning “slow”
- 8. portable device that records heart rhythms
- 10. vessel carrying blood toward the heart
- 12. lower pumping chamber of the heart
- 13. suffix meaning “record or tracking”
- 15. cava major vein returning blood to the heart
- 17. prefix meaning “fast”
- 19. blood pressure
- 20. heart rate
- 21. prefix meaning “vessel”
- 22. largest artery carrying blood from the heart
- 23. coronary artery disease
- 25. test that records electrical activity of the heart