Across
- 4. Drug used to decrease heart workload and improve survival
- 5. Fluid accumulation in lungs due to heart failure
- 7. Common symptom caused by decreased cardiac output
- 8. Type of dysfunction where the heart cannot pump effectively
- 12. Heart muscle weakened in this disease
- 13. Diagnostic imaging used to visualize chamber dilation
- 14. Measurement of how much blood the ventricle pumps out
- 15. Advanced treatment for severe cardiomyopathy
Down
- 1. Shortness of breath associated with heart failure
- 2. Medication used to reduce afterload and improve outcomes
- 3. Chambers that become enlarged and weakened
- 6. Device implanted to prevent sudden cardiac death
- 9. Abnormal enlargement of the heart
- 10. Enlargement of heart chambers seen in dilated cardiomyopathy
- 11. Swelling of legs and ankles caused by fluid retention
- 16. Electrical disturbance common in dilated cardiomyopathy