Across
- 1. Secretion of this hormone causes the retention of water.
- 4. Released in response to stretch and increased volume in the ventricles and used as a prognostic marker.
- 6. Decrease in this causes the increase secretion of ADH & CRH.
- 9. Appearance of fingers that is caused by HF.
- 11. Class of drugs that reduces preload.
- 12. Most common cause of infective endocarditis.
- 13. One of the most common predisposing factors of HF.
- 14. Most heart failure results from the dysfunction of this part of the heart.
- 15. A diagnostic method of HF.
Down
- 2. Only impaired preload seen in this cause of HF.
- 3. A specific symptom of HF that is usually seen with high filling pressures.
- 5. Pressure generated in left ventricle at the end of
- 7. Most common cause of acute left heart failure.
- 8. _______ cause of HF causes impaired pumping, increased preload and afterload
- 10. Organ that has ability to autoregulate perfusion pressure.