heart disease

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Across
  1. 2. a lifestyle factor that increases risk, often inhaled
  2. 4. a condition where blood pressure is consistently too high
  3. 5. narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the heart
  4. 6. comes in many forms
  5. 9. a common symptom of heart disease: shortness of ___
  6. 10. sudden blockage of blood flow
  7. 12. disease of the heart muscle
  8. 13. CAD is most common and ___ worldwide
  9. 14. abnormal heart rhythms
  10. 16. a sudden blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
  11. 17. a device used to record the hearts electrical activity
  12. 18. damage to heart valves from untreated strep throat/rheumatic fever
Down
  1. 1. most common
  2. 3. heart is too weak/ stiff to pump blood efficiently
  3. 7. chest pain often linked to reduced blood flow to the heart
  4. 8. structural defects present at birth
  5. 11. a fatty substance that can build up in the arteries
  6. 15. the organ affected by heart disease