Across
- 2. arrest/complete stopping of the heart
- 8. septum/the wall of the tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart
- 10. infarction
- 11. monitor/a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
- 15. cardioverter defibrillator
- 16. an ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 17. valve/lies between the lower right heart chamber and the pulmonary artery
- 18. vein thrombosis
- 19. blood pressure
- 20. used to measure pressure
- 22. cardiovascular disease
Down
- 1. tachycardia
- 3. ray dye is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like aneurysms
- 4. vessels that deliver oxygen rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
- 5. vena cava/major vein in your upper body
- 6. condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 7. puncture to remove fluid
- 9. instrument used to listen for the sounds of the heart
- 12. layer of tissue that lines the chambers of the heart
- 13. veins/swollen and dilated veins
- 14. or through
- 21. condition in which an artery has a weekend wall causing it to swell