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- 4. Tightness in the chest
- 6. A portable device that records heart rhythm
- 7. Sensation of abnormally rapid or irregular heart beats
- 9. A mental state marked by intense fear
- 11. Usually caused by formation of a thrombus in a vessel
- 14. The person being examined by a physician
- 15. Chronic intense throbbing headache
- 17. A feeling of fear, worry, uneasiness, or dread
- 18. A specialist in the field of the heart
- 19. It's called the pacemaker of the heart because it sets the rate of the heart beat
- 20. A small cavity in the lower heart
- 22. A specialist in the field of psychology
- 24. The process of determining cause and nature of illness
- 26. A state of sluggishness or stupor
- 27. Blocks reuptake of serotonin in the brain, thus increasing levels
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- 1. Used in the removal or destruction of a part of the heart
- 2. A measurement done by a sphygmomanometer
- 3. An adult age
- 5. A non invasive method that uses ultra sound to visualize internal cardiac structures
- 7. Medications that affect the mind, altering mental activity
- 8. Any abnormality in the rate or rhythm of the heart beat
- 10. Difficult labored breathing
- 12. Relieves anxiety by means of calming
- 13. Abbreviation for non prescription medication
- 16. A prescription written out by a doctor that can only be filled by a pharmacy
- 21. Measures the heart's electrical activity
- 22. Prediction of disease's course and outcome
- 23. Evaluation of physical fitness by ECG
- 25. The recorded number of times a heart beats per minute