Danielle Cortez
Across
- 3. nursing care plan
- 5. two flap (cusp) valve
- 7. procedure used to diagnoses stenosis or aneurysms using contrast dye
- 9. a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
- 10. vital signs stable
- 12. mediastinum
- 13. known as high blood pressure, this condition is increased pressure in the blood vessels
- 16. a wall/ partition or septum
- 17. sends electrical signals to regulate heartbeats
- 22. hardening of the arteries, caused by fat building up on the walls of the arteries
- 23. the outer layer of the heart
- 24. upper chambers the heart; R & L separated by interatrial septum
Down
- 1. the circulation refers to the path deoxygenated blood travels as it goes to the lungs to get oxygen then returns to the heart
- 2. used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 4. the chest is opened up and a blood vessel is taken from somewhere else in the body to replace a closed vessel on the heart
- 6. low blood pressure, this condition is decreased pressure in the blood vessels
- 8. the wall between the right and left ventricles
- 11. irregular heartbeat
- 14. emitting or reflecting
- 15. heart rhythm where your heart beats slower than usual
- 18. plug or blockage
- 19. congestive heart failure
- 20. chest
- 21. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease