Across
- 1. arrest , when a heart attack goes untreated
- 3. a root word that means fatty substance
- 6. testing ,also known as an exercise test
- 9. , abbreviation for normal sinus rhythm
- 10. , abbreviation for the patient has signed a _____
- 13. valve that looks like a half-moon
- 14. , abbreviation for acute myocardial infarction
- 15. ,when an artery has a weakened wall that swells
- 19. , also known as EKG or ECG
- 22. Transplant , surgical procedure replacing one’s heart
- 23. , also known as a blood pressure cuff
- 24. _____ have thin walls and carry blood towards the heart
- 25. ,a suffix that means pain
Down
- 2. ,a suffix that means rupture
- 4. a double layer sac that encloses the heart’s 3 layers
- 5. , radiology procedure injecting x-ray dye into blood vessels
- 7. a prefix that means slow
- 8. septum the wall between the right and left atria
- 11. result of a high blood pressure
- 12. ______ have thin walls that allow for the exchange of nutrients, o2 and co2
- 16. , abbreviation for potassium chloride
- 17. infarction ,a heart attack
- 18. a root word that combines with -scope to mean an instrument to view one’s chest
- 20. ,when the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 21. , abbreviation for review of systems