Across
- 2. Instrument used to measure pressure in the blood.
- 6. Condition in which the arteries become hard.
- 8. Have thin walls and carry the blood towards the heart.
- 9. Made out of cardiac muscle.
- 10. A complete stopping of the heart.
- 11. Outer layer of the heart.
- 12. Test in which an x-ray dye is injected into the blood vessels to diagnose.
- 15. Abbreviation of "ventricular tachycardia."
- 18. Muscular layer of the heart that contracts to pump blood.
- 21. Increased pressure in the blood vessels.
- 22. Root word that means "blood."
- 23. Abbreviation of "shortness of breath."
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- 1. Test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 2. Root word that means "chest."
- 3. Abbreviation of "myocardial infarction."
- 4. Root word that means "muscle."
- 5. Lab test that measures certain items in the heart that indicate heart muscle damage.
- 7. Instrument used to listen for body sounds, like the heart and lungs.
- 12. Condition in which the walls of an artery become weak and swollen.
- 13. Abbreviation of "hypertension."
- 14. Condition in which the pericardial sac surrounding the heart is inflamed.
- 16. Root word that means clot.
- 17. Have thick walls and carry the blood away from the heart.
- 19. Root word that means "heart."
- 20. Abbreviation of "vital signs stable."