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- 5. -Premature Atrial Contraction
- 7. failure -A chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should.
- 8. -a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
- 9. catheterization -the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.
- 10. monitoring -battery-powered medical device that measures your heart's activity, such as rate and rhythm.
- 13. -prefix of heart
- 14. -a tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.
- 16. -standard two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and Doppler ultrasound to create images of the heart.
- 20. -any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 21. -Ventricular tachycardia
- 22. -prefix of vessel
Down
- 1. -a tube that has an internal diameter of hairlike thinness.
- 2. -test that measures your heart's electrical activity.
- 3. -prefix of aorta
- 4. -prefix of artery
- 6. -any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 11. disease -one or more problems with the heart's structure that exist since birth.
- 12. attack -A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle.
- 15. thrombosis -condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein located deep inside your body.
- 17. -Atrial fibrillation
- 18. -Defibrillation threshold testing
- 19. -a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
- 21. -prefix of vein
- 22. -Ventricular fibrillation
- 23. test -cardiological test that measures the heart's ability to respond to external stress in a controlled clinical environment.