Heart failure 3
Across
- 3. General discomfort and uneasiness in severe disease
- 5. Structural changes of heart after chronic injury
- 6. Pale skin due to reduced tissue perfusion
- 7. Sudden worsening of chronic heart failure
- 10. Latin term for heart chamber commonly affected
- 12. Generalized body swelling due to severe fluid retention
- 14. Slowing or pooling of blood in venous circulation
- 15. Coughing up blood due to pulmonary congestion
Down
- 1. Feeling of near fainting due to low cardiac output
- 2. Abnormally slow breathing sometimes seen in severe cases
- 4. Resistance the heart must overcome to eject blood
- 8. Activity that worsens breathlessness in heart failure
- 9. Volume of blood returning to the heart before contraction
- 11. Fraction of blood pumped out of ventricle reduced in failure
- 13. Inflammation of the heart affecting function