Across
- 2. The first name of the future cardiac surgeon who just smashed their cardiac surgery eval (9 letters)
- 5. Surgical removal of plaque from the inner lining of an artery to restore normal blood flow (13 letters)
- 6. Procedure to repair a stenotic heart valve using a balloon catheter (13 letters)
- 11. Surgical procedure to repair or reshape the ring (annulus) of a heart valve (11 letters)
- 15. Necrosis of myocardial tissue due to ischemia, commonly referred to as a heart attack (11 letters)
- 16. Surgical incision into the chest wall to gain access to the thoracic organs (11 letters)
- 17. Surgical connection between two blood vessels or other tubular structures (11 letters)
Down
- 1. Induced cardiac arrest using a cold solution to protect the myocardium during surgery (12 letters)
- 3. Pathological narrowing of a cardiac valve or blood vessel, impairing blood flow (8 letters)
- 4. The process of stopping bleeding or hemorrhage during surgery (10 letters)
- 7. Mesh tube inserted into a blood vessel to keep it open and ensure blood flow (5 letters)
- 8. Device implanted to regulate heart rate in patients with symptomatic bradycardia (9 letters)
- 9. Upper chamber of the heart that receives blood returning from the body and lungs (6 letters)
- 10. Combined replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta (7 letters)
- 12. Catheter-based technique used to remove or destroy abnormal heart tissue causing arrhythmia (8 letters)
- 13. Complex that is a rare congenital malformation with four obstructive lesions of the left heart: supravalvular mitral membrane, parachute mitral valve, muscular or membranous subvalvular aortic stenosis and coarctation of aorta (5 letters)
- 14. Chosen procedure for correcting multiple vessel occlusions in the setting of a STEMI (4 letters)
- 18. Surgical procedure for replacing a diseased aortic valve with a prosthetic valve (4 letters)