Across
- 4. Lower chamber of the heart responsible for pumping blood
- 6. Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 8. Hardening and narrowing of the arteries caused by plaque buildup
- 9. Portable device used to track heart rhythm over time
- 10. Abbreviation for a test measuring heart electrical activity
- 11. Suffix meaning “blood condition”
- 14. Muscular middle layer of the heart wall
- 18. Test that records the electrical activity of the heart
- 21. Upper chamber of the heart
- 23. Condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively
- 24. Imaging test used to view blood vessels
Down
- 1. Condition involving high blood pressure
- 2. Medical term for a heart attack
- 3. Irregular heartbeat
- 5. Ultrasound image of the heart
- 7. Protective sac surrounding the heart
- 12. Largest artery that carries blood away from the heart
- 13. Test that monitors heart function during exercise
- 15. Emergency procedure used when the heart stops beating
- 16. Root word meaning “heart”
- 17. Root word meaning “blood”
- 19. Abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- 20. Abbreviation for congestive heart failure
- 22. Prefix meaning “slow”
- 25. Root word meaning “vessel”