Heart Failure

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Across
  1. 2. Annual vaccination that helps protect HF patients during the months of November to February
  2. 4. Drug class that eliminates clinical evidence of fluid retention
  3. 7. LVEF </= 40%
  4. 10. Disease state that occurs when the heart is not able to supply sufficient oxygen-rich blood to the body due to the impaired ability of the ventricle to either fill or eject blood
Down
  1. 1. Agent that should be added to patients with type 2 diabetes and CVD or at a high risk of CVD
  2. 3. Patients with LVEF </= 40% should be started on this drug class to control BP (hint: masks hypoglyemia)
  3. 5. Agent that cannot be administered concomitantly or within 36 hours of last ACE inhibitor dose
  4. 6. LVEF >/= 50%
  5. 8. This imaging is used to estimate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
  6. 9. Patients should avoid excessive ______ intake