Across
- 4. diagnostic procedure uses ultrasound waves to visualize internal structures of the heart
- 5. largest artery of the heart that delivers oxygenated blood to the body
- 7. abnormal hardening and thickening of fatty plaque within blood vessels
- 8. narrowing, stricture
- 10. localized balloon like swelling of a vessel
- 14. surgical puncture of the heart
- 15. sac surrounding the heart
- 17. removal of blood clot
Down
- 1. profuse sweating
- 2. muscular layer of the heart
- 3. obstruction caused by a mass within that vessel
- 6. clumps on valves-small masses of inflammatory material
- 9. inability of valve to close completely
- 11. inner layer of heart that lines the chambers and covers the valves
- 12. a radiographic image of the heart and blood vessels after an injection of a contrast dye
- 13. obstruction or blockage of a vessel that can lead to death of a tissue
- 16. slow, rapid or irregular heartbeat