Across
- 2. A Life threatening condition in which the heart ventricles quiver at a rate greater than 350 bpm
- 4. A procedure to open clogged vessels
- 6. Hardening of the arteries
- 9. The membrane that surrounds the heart
- 10. The period of relaxation in the heart when the chambers are filling with blood
- 12. Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 14. A normal rhythm but with a rate above 100 bpm
- 16. Extra or unusual sounds made by the heart during heart beats
- 18. Usually a result of someone having frequent untreated strep throat, attacks the lining of the heart and the heart valves
- 19. Condition characterized by severe, constricting pain or sensation of pressure in the chest
- 20. An incomplete closing of the mitral valve, causing blood to flow backward into the leaft atrium when the left ventricle contracts
Down
- 1. A normal heart rhythm but with a rate below 60 bpm
- 3. The middle layer of the heart
- 5. The amount of blood pumped from the heart per minute
- 7. The outermost layer of the heart
- 8. A small mass of specialized tissue located in the right atrium and acts as the pacemaker
- 11. A period of contraction when the chambers are pumping blood out of the heart
- 13. An irregular heart beat or rhythm
- 15. A circular, hollow, wire mesh tube to hold arteries open after angioplasty
- 17. Vessels that carry blood to the heart