Across
- 4. drug that reduces serum fat and cholesterol
- 6. abnormally swollen, twisted veins with defective valves
- 7. chest pain due temporary loss of oxygenated blood to heart muscle
- 9. chest
- 14. portable electrocardiograph worn by patient that monitors electrical activity of heart over 24hrs
- 15. multiple-gated acquisition scan useful in evaluating pumping function of ventricles using nuclear imaging during the beating of the heart as radioactive isotopes are injected into bloodstream
- 16. defect in the chamber or valves of the heart causing an abnormal sound
- 19. a localized area of necrosis caused by ischemia
- 20. an abnormal growth of tissue around a valve generally resulting from infection
- 21. drug that increases the secretion of urine
- 22. normal blood pressure
- 24. rapid regular atrial contractions occurring at rates between 250 and 330/min
- 25. high blood pressure caused by effects of another disease.
- 26. a device used to treat bradycardia by electrically stimulating the heart to contract
- 28. compression of the heart produced by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac
- 30. a clot carried in the bloodstream that obstructs flow of blood when lodged
Down
- 1. inflammation of a vein associated with a clot formation
- 2. percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a method for treating the narrowing of a coronary artery by inserting a specialized catheter with a balloon attachment
- 3. limping, pain in limb
- 5. resting state of myocardial cells
- 8. pulse
- 10. stationary blood clot
- 11. surgical removal of lining of an artery to clear blockage caused by a clot or plaque buildup
- 12. state of contraction in myocardial cells
- 13. flexible narrow tube through a vein or artery into the heart to withdraw samples of blood
- 17. drug that increases the force of myocardial contraction in the heart
- 18. swollen
- 23. x-ray image of a vein
- 27. the joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other
- 29. profuse sweating