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