Across
- 3. When an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell.
- 5. The wall between the right and left atria.
- 8. A semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
- 10. High blood pressure.
- 11. diabetes mellitus
- 12. process of freeing or destroying
- 13. before/from or in front of
- 14. coronary artery disease
- 16. Uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 17. As arteries get further away from the heart, they branch off into smaller arteries called?
- 19. surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 21. Any vessel can be looked at with this procedure.
- 22. Caused by fat, like cholesterol, building up on the walls of the arteries.
- 24. When the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
Down
- 1. Used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
- 2. The thin inner layer that lines each chamber.
- 4. medical history
- 6. Instrument to measure pressure.
- 7. Has thick walls and carries blood away from the heart.
- 9. plug or blockage
- 10. above/over or excessive
- 15. A portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.
- 18. A complete stopping of the heart.
- 20. echocardiogram
- 23. shortness of breath