Heart Attack Review

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Across
  1. 1. The formation of a clot that occludes blood flow in an artery
  2. 3. "hardening of the arteries"
  3. 6. A procedure to insert a stent in an artery to hold it open
  4. 8. Obstruction or blockage of a vessel
  5. 9. Lack of Oxygen due to insufficient blood supply
  6. 10. Death of tissue
  7. 11. an unstable atheromatous plaque prone to rupture
  8. 13. "blood pressure cuff"
  9. 14. A narrowing of the vessel
  10. 16. Pressure exerted on the artery wall during ventricular contraction
  11. 18. The deposit of fatty material in the lining of a wall of an artery
  12. 21. An x-ray image to look for stenosis of an artery
  13. 24. "heart attack" or death of heart muscle tissue
  14. 25. The amount of blood pumped with each systole
  15. 26. The body's response to trauma as a result of a "condition"
  16. 28. An event resulting from an occlusion caused by a "traveling" clot
  17. 29. Pressure exerted on the artery wall during ventricular relaxation
  18. 31. Reffering or having to do with the heart
Down
  1. 2. Term for an event that suffers from hypoxia due to an occlusion resulting in decreased blood flow.
  2. 4. A stationary blood clot
  3. 5. The sudden and unexpected stopping of the heart
  4. 7. Chronic high blood pressure
  5. 12. Pectoris A general pain radiating throughout the chest due to ischemia
  6. 15. Readings recorded as blood pressure
  7. 17. Chronic low blood pressure
  8. 19. The "blood space" in a vessel
  9. 20. The body's natural response to a trauma (natural healing process)
  10. 22. Factors Influences that play a role in one's health that they may or may not have control over
  11. 23. Bypass The taking of a vessel from somewhere in the body and grafting it onto the affected coronary artery
  12. 27. A clot that travels from one area to another
  13. 30. An area of tissue that undergoes necrosis due to ischemia