Cardiovascular Crossword

4. Enlarged heart.
6. Pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
8. Complete stopping of the heart.
9. Do not resuscitate.
11. Contains thick walls and carry blood away from the heart.
13. Swollen and dilated veins.
14. Intensive care unit.
16. A procedure done in a specialized area of radiology. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms.
17. Contains thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart.
18. A portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.
20. Instrument to measure pressure.
21. Surgical puncture in the heart.
25. Semilunar valve and is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.

1. A surgical procedure in which the patient’s heart is replaced with the heart from a donor.
2. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
3. High blood pressure.
5. Emergency department.
7. The machine records the electrical activity of the heart.
10. Ventricular fibrillation.
12. Fast heart rate.
15. Heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
19. Contains four chambers, pumps blood throughout the body.
22. Contains very thin walls so the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as well as the exchange of nutrients can occur.
23. Artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
24. Chest pain.