Across
- 1. abbreviation for ventricular fibrillation
- 5. group of conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels
- 7. a condition where the force of blood against the artery walls is consistently too high
- 9. meaning heart
- 11. meaning vascular
- 12. means relating to an artery
- 16. medical imaging procedure that uses ultrasound waves to create real-time images of the heart (abbreviation)
- 17. occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked
- 18. lab analysis of a blood sample
- 20. tubelike structures responsible for transporting fluid
Down
- 1. blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from tissues back to the heart
- 2. procedure used to assess the heart's function under physical exertion
- 3. a severe catastrophe of the heart
- 4. meaning vessel
- 6. main artery that supplies oxygenated blood
- 7. referring to the blood
- 8. abbreviation for Defibrillation Threshold
- 9. abbreviation for chest x-ray
- 10. occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted, resulting in brain cells dying
- 11. abbreviation for ventricular tachycardia
- 13. body fluid in the circulatory system
- 14. pumps blood
- 15. imaging test that uses a powerful magnet and radio waves
- 19. abbreviation for emergency room
- 21. medical test that records the electrical activity of the heart (abbreviation)