Heart failure
Across
- 4. _______ of the coronary arteries is the primary cause of heart failure.
- 5. Swelling caused by excess fluid.
- 7. Natriuretic _______is diagnostic test for heart failure.
- 8. A cracking sound made in breathing of patients with heart failure.
- 9. Difficulty in breathing
- 10. Patients with congestive heart failure need to consume less to reduce fluid retention and the symptoms of peripheral and pulmonary congestion.
Down
- 1. Difficulty in breathing in supine position
- 2. Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome with symptoms and signs resulting from structural or functional impairment of ventricular _____ or ejection of blood.
- 3. Pharmacologic therapy to remove excess extracellular fluid.
- 6. _______ fraction measures how well ventricle pumps blood out with each contraction.