Savvy Senior Crossword!
Across
- 2. an imaging procedure that creates a moving picture outline of the heart's valves and chambers
- 6. ask these when visiting your doctor
- 7. a doctor specializing in diagnosing and treating heart disease
- 11. another word for swelling, often seen in the legs
- 12. a drug that slows heart rate, lowers blood pressure, and controls angina
- 14. the foods you should avoid if you have CHF
- 15. normal volume of ________ needed for good blood flow
- 18. congestive heart failure; a condition where the heart muscle weakens and can't pump blood efficiently throughout the body, causing the body to hold onto salt and fluids
- 20. 150 minutes a week can help prevent CHF and hypertension
- 21. a test used to provide information about how the heart responds to stress
- 22. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 23. do this with your feet every 1-2 hours
Down
- 1. the name of our heart clinics at HSHS
- 3. high blood pressure
- 4. the top two chambers of the heart
- 5. the main artery that carries blood from your heart to the rest of our body
- 8. reduce salt and fat intake in this to improve your health
- 9. you should take these as prescribed every day
- 10. the two bottom chambers of the heart
- 13. the force exerted in the arteries by blood as it circulates
- 16. changes in this can indicate CHF
- 17. discomfort or pressure, usually in the chest, caused by a temporarily inadequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- 19. a medically supervised program designed to improve your heart health