Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions

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  1. 5. Bleeding from a damaged blood vessel. Can be internal or external.
  2. 8. Occurs when bone marrow does not make enough platelets
  3. 9. use of an electrical current to help your heart return to a normal rhythm
  4. 12. Enlarged, twisted veins most commonly found in the legs
  5. 14. Tissue decay/death due to lack of blood flow
  6. 15. repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing; CPR
  7. 17. Condition in which the body is not getting enough blood flow, can be caused by a variety of conditions
  8. 18. coronary artery bypass graft surgery; involves taking a blood vessel from another part of the body and attaching it to the coronary artery above and below the narrowed area or blockage
  9. 20. chest pain due to heart not receiving enough oxygenated blood
  10. 21. Inflammation of the heart muscle
  11. 23. Build up of plaque in an artery
  12. 24. Inherited disorder in which red blood cells are "C" shaped instead of round.
  13. 25. Swelling from excessive fluid trapped in tissue
Down
  1. 1. Procedure used to open up blocked arteries and restore blood flow to the heart muscle
  2. 2. Contagious viral infection which causes fatigue, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and swollen liver and/or spleen
  3. 3. Inherited disease carried on the X chromosome; causes blood to not clot properly
  4. 4. An immune response to an earlier infection that causes the heart, brain, and joints to become inflamed
  5. 6. Heart muscle begins to die due to lack of oxygen; Heart attack
  6. 7. The freezing of skin or other tissues
  7. 10. method used to evaluate the heart; records the electrical signal from the heart and records them as waves on a screen/paper
  8. 11. Occurs when Rh- mother has an Rh+ fetus; mother's immune system attacks the RBC of the fetus
  9. 13. Occurs when arteries become thick and hard instead of flexible
  10. 16. Bulge in blood vessel, typically where it branches
  11. 19. Low red blood cell count; causes fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, and cold hands
  12. 22. Small device surgically placed in the chest to help control heartbeat