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- 2. a laboratory test used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 3. dilated and swollen veins
- 6. a portable ECG machine that the patient wears for a few days to record heart activity
- 8. a medical abbreviation that means implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- 10. a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 12. the artery that carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation
- 13. a medical abbreviation that means cardiopulmonary resusciatation
- 15. an instrument used to measure pressure; commonly known as a blood pressure cuff
- 17. a very small vein that collects blood from the capillaries
- 18. a complete stopping of the heart
- 19. a medical suffix that means rupture
- 22. a test that uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels
- 23. the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system
- 24. a lack of blood flow to the heart due to a blockage or narrowing of a coronary artery; commonly known as a heart attack
- 25. a medical abbreviation that means echocardiogram
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- 1. the body's smallest blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
- 4. a medical prefix that means plug or blockage
- 5. a medical prefix that means chest
- 7. the body's largest vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body back to the heart's right atrium
- 9. a cardiovascular condition characterized by narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart, caused by atherosclerosis
- 11. a medical prefix that means pulse
- 14. a procedure using X-ray dye and a catheter to inject the dye into the vessels surrounding the heart to show narrowing or aneurysms
- 16. a medical abbreviation that means atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- 20. a medical word part that means blood vessel
- 21. a medical abbreviation that means congestive heart failure