Across
- 3. drugs to break apart clots occluding artery
- 7. abbreviation for ventricular contractions too soon
- 9. portable external defibrillator abbreviation
- 10. bulging aorta that risks bursting
- 11. abbreviation for heart not pumping enough blood
- 13. remove innermost part of artery&plaque
- 15. abnormal heart rhythms
- 17. use needle & remove fluid around heart
- 21. rapid but regular heart contractions
- 22. stationary clots in deep veins but can move to brain
- 23. inflammation of membrane around heart
- 25. very rapid irregular heart contractions
- 26. combining form for vein
- 27. uncomfortable sensation of heart thumping
Down
- 1. backflow of blood if valve doesn't close
- 2. this node is the pacemaker for the heart
- 4. very fast heart rate
- 5. enlarged heart
- 6. inflammation of inner lining of heart
- 7. this artery carries oxygen poor blood to lungs
- 8. term for narrowing of aorta
- 12. any disease condition of heart
- 14. extra heart sounds heard between normal beats
- 16. too high of fats within blood
- 18. smallest branches of artery
- 19. combining form for yellow plaque
- 20. slower than normal beating of heart
- 24. lack of blood and oxygen to tissue