Across
- 2. the portion of the heart's pumping cycle during which the muscle relaxes to let the heart fill.
- 4. A narrow tube that can be passed inside blood vessels to the heart for diagnostic and treatment purposes.
- 6. replacement valves recovered from the hearts of humans who have died
- 7. The main pumping chamber of the heart.
- 8. physicians trained in Internal Medicine who specialize in diseases of the heart.
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- 1. Heart failure is a degenerative condition that occurs when the heart muscle weakens and the ventricle no longer contracts normally.
- 3. An artificial replacement part, such as an artificial valve.
- 5. when the heart does not get enough blood flow leading to the death of the heart muscle.
- 9. This term means not having enough blood flow.