Across
- 4. inflammation of the endocardium
- 7. removal of varicose veins or spider veins
- 9. inflammation of the cardiac muscle layer
- 10. study of blood
- 11. a process in which blood is removed, separated and returned to donor
- 15. known as blood poisoning
- 17. disorder of iron overload
- 19. cordis, concussion of the heart
- 20. palpitation, unusual heartbeat
- 21. valve prolapse, one or more of the mitral valve flaps become incompetent and billow into the left atrium during ventricular systole
Down
- 1. a chemical that promotes urine formation
- 2. incision made for the purpose of blood drawing.
- 3. chemistry test, chemical analysis of substances in the blood
- 5. undesirable intravascular clotting
- 6. catheterization, passing a fine catheter through a blood vessel into the heart
- 8. atrial tachycardia, bursts of atrial contractions with little pause between them
- 12. technique involving the infusion of a radiopaque substance into the circulation for x-ray examining blood vessels.
- 13. accumulated clotted blood in tissues
- 14. transfusion, a technique of removing the patients blood and infusing donor blood until a large fraction of the patients blood has been replaced
- 16. baloonlike out pocketing of an artery wall that places the artery at risk for rupture.
- 18. when the heart fails to contract