Across
- 3. Can cause ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, depressed ST segments
- 4. Electrolyte imbalances can alter cardiac conduction; this test checks levels
- 5. Peptide released due to heart failure (all letters)
- 8. Procedure using a catheter to examine coronary arteries via x-ray (2 words)
- 9. Cardiac enzyme measured for infarction less commonly today (all letters)
- 10. Can cause cardiac arrest, shortened ST segment and widened T wave
- 12. Blood test evaluating cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides (2 words)
- 13. Can cause cardiac arrest; prolong st and QT intervals
- 17. Imaging test using ultrasound waves to visualize heart chambers
- 18. Can cause asystole, tall, peaked T wave, widened QRS, flat P waves
- 19. Device worn for continuous ECG monitoring
- 21. Diagnostic test measuring electrical activity of the heart
- 23. Stress test using drugs (e.g., dobutamine) to simulate exercise (3 words)
- 24. Test using dye and x-rays to visualize coronary arteries (2 words)
Down
- 1. Test for pressures in heart chambers using catheter (2 words)
- 2. Simple bedside test estimating oxygen saturation (2 words)
- 6. Imaging study using radioisotopes to determine perfusion (3 words)
- 7. Lab test assessing inflammatory risk for coronary artery disease (letter and then 2 words)
- 11. Implantable electronic device that monitors ECG
- 14. Enzyme elevated after myocardial damage, but less specific than troponin (all letters)
- 15. Most specific blood marker for myocardial injury
- 16. Test done under exercise or pharmacologic stress to assess coronary circulation (2 words)
- 18. Test measuring the heart’s rhythm over 24-48 hours (2 words)
- 20. Protein released from myocardium; rises in early infarction
- 22. Causes cardiac instability, flattened and inverted T wave, appearance of U wave
