HEART FAILURE

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Across
  1. 1. Secretion of this hormone causes the retention of water.
  2. 4. Released in response to stretch and increased volume in the ventricles and used as a prognostic marker.
  3. 6. Decrease in this causes the increase secretion of ADH & CRH.
  4. 9. Appearance of fingers that is caused by HF.
  5. 11. Class of drugs that reduces preload.
  6. 12. Most common cause of infective endocarditis.
  7. 13. One of the most common predisposing factors of HF.
  8. 14. Most heart failure results from the dysfunction of this part of the heart.
  9. 15. A diagnostic method of HF.
Down
  1. 2. Only impaired preload seen in this cause of HF.
  2. 3. A specific symptom of HF that is usually seen with high filling pressures.
  3. 5. Pressure generated in left ventricle at the end of
  4. 7. Most common cause of acute left heart failure.
  5. 8. _______ cause of HF causes impaired pumping, increased preload and afterload
  6. 10. Organ that has ability to autoregulate perfusion pressure.