Across
- 1. The formation of a clot that occludes blood flow in an artery
- 3. "hardening of the arteries"
- 6. A procedure to insert a stent in an artery to hold it open
- 8. Obstruction or blockage of a vessel
- 9. Lack of Oxygen due to insufficient blood supply
- 10. Death of tissue
- 11. an unstable atheromatous plaque prone to rupture
- 13. "blood pressure cuff"
- 14. A narrowing of the vessel
- 16. Pressure exerted on the artery wall during ventricular contraction
- 18. The deposit of fatty material in the lining of a wall of an artery
- 21. An x-ray image to look for stenosis of an artery
- 24. "heart attack" or death of heart muscle tissue
- 25. The amount of blood pumped with each systole
- 26. The body's response to trauma as a result of a "condition"
- 28. An event resulting from an occlusion caused by a "traveling" clot
- 29. Pressure exerted on the artery wall during ventricular relaxation
- 31. Reffering or having to do with the heart
Down
- 2. Term for an event that suffers from hypoxia due to an occlusion resulting in decreased blood flow.
- 4. A stationary blood clot
- 5. The sudden and unexpected stopping of the heart
- 7. Chronic high blood pressure
- 12. Pectoris A general pain radiating throughout the chest due to ischemia
- 15. Readings recorded as blood pressure
- 17. Chronic low blood pressure
- 19. The "blood space" in a vessel
- 20. The body's natural response to a trauma (natural healing process)
- 22. Factors Influences that play a role in one's health that they may or may not have control over
- 23. Bypass The taking of a vessel from somewhere in the body and grafting it onto the affected coronary artery
- 27. A clot that travels from one area to another
- 30. An area of tissue that undergoes necrosis due to ischemia