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Across
- 3. root word that means "the heart"
- 6. carries blood away from your heart to your tissues and organs
- 10. right ventricle
- 11. damage to the heart muscle and heart valves
- 13. used to see how your heart performs under physical stress
- 14. blood pressure
- 16. left atrium
- 17. birth defects that affect the normal development and functioning of the heart
- 19. sometimes called cardiac catheterisation, may be done after a heart attack or angina
- 20. networks of small vessels that perfuse tissues
- 21. coronary artery bypass grafting
- 22. vessels that deliver blood to tissues
- 24. a disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle
Down
- 1. uses very strong magnets and radio waves to create detailed images of your heart on a computer
- 2. used to detect the risk factors for heart diseases
- 4. vessels that return blood to the heart
- 5. a disease of blood vessels supplying the arms and legs
- 6. means to "pertain"
- 7. ultrasound scan of the heart
- 8. pumps blood through the system
- 9. a disease of blood vessels supplying the brain
- 12. root word that means "artery"
- 15. root word that means "little vessel"
- 18. beats per minute
- 23. root word that means "atrium"