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- 3. Having an artificial heart fitted may result in what?
- 4. If the arteries become narrow, and blood flow is restricted, it can result in this.
- 6. Artificial hearts are not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by the body's immune system
- 8. A person with a tube within their arteries may need to take this to stop blood clotting on the tube
- 11. Tubes inserted inside arteries help keep the arteries _ _ _ _
- 12. These are mechanical devices that are put into a person to pump blood if their own blood fails
- 14. Tubes inserted inside arteries are a way of lowering the _ _ _ _ of heart attack
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- 1. When blood can pass through to the heart muscles, our heart keeps on _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- 2. Heart valves can be replaced by what type of valves,if they become defective?
- 5. This is a blood substitute which is used to replace the lost volume of blood
- 7. This type of heart disease is caused by arteries getting blocked by fatty deposits
- 9. This may form as a result of the arteries being irritated, possibly by the tubes placed inside the arteries
- 10. These are tubes inserted inside arteries
- 13. You would need to undergo this for a artificial heart