Across
- 3. irregular heartbeat
- 6. slow heartbeat
- 8. outside of
- 10. small branch of veins
- 11. self
- 12. disease that affects the heart muscle,making it difficult to pump blood
- 13. double layered sac that surrounds the heart
- 14. condition where blood clot forms in a vein
- 18. many
- 20. to hold back
- 21. middle muscular layer of the heart that contracts to pump blood
- 23. a portable ECG machine that the patients wears over a few days
- 24. pressure exerted by the blood against the wall of an artery or vein
- 25. sends electrical signals to regulate heartbeats
Down
- 1. patients oxygen levels and EKG are monitored during the test
- 2. skin
- 4. mass of solid,liquid,or gas that travels through the bloodstream causing obstruction of a blood vessel
- 5. to bring
- 7. procedure used to diagnose stenosis or aneurysms using contrast dye
- 9. have thin walls and carry blood to the heart
- 15. rupture
- 16. the wall between the right and left atria
- 17. process of cutting
- 19. body
- 22. chest