Across
- 3. - a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat
- 7. - system that consists of the heart
- 8. - slow
- 10. - atrium
- 13. -Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- 16. -a slender, plastic tube that can be placed at the beginning of a blood vessel to deliver treatments inside that blood vessel
- 17. - the inner layer of the large blood vessel branching off the heart tears.
- 20. - any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 21. - sound
- 22. - inflatable portions of catheters
- 23. - a type of blood vessel that returns deoxygenated blood from your organs back to your heart
- 24. - helps the body breath
- 25. - a long and flexible fine metal wire used to place balloons or stents
Down
- 1. - disease of the heart muscle
- 2. - Permanent pacemaker
- 4. -Cardiovascular disease
- 5. -happens when a part of the heart muscle doesn't get enough blood.
- 6. - tiny blood vessels
- 9. -Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- 11. - develops when your heart doesn't pump enough blood for your body's needs
- 12. -an imaging method for taking high-resolution pictures of blood vessel walls
- 14. -the powerhouse of the body
- 15. -Bare metal stent
- 18. -a small, metal mesh tube that is placed by a catheter and permanently embedded within the artery.
- 19. - removal