Across
- 4. Patients who have biological valve replacements do not need to take...
- 5. Modern pacemakers are very....to your body's needs
- 7. Valves taken from animals such as pigs/cattle or even human donors
- 8. Heart valves made of titanium and polymers
- 12. People affected by leaky heart valves become ...
- 15. Problems with the rhythm of the heart can often be solved using an artificial ...
- 17. What rhythm of your heart is around 70 beats per minute?
- 19. If your heart beats too quickly this cannot be pumped properly
- 20. If you have a mechanical heart valve, you will need to take medicine to prevent your blood from doing this
- 22. Heart valves have to withstand a lot of this
- 23. Artificial hearts are not widely used in patients because of the ...
- 25. Patients who have artificial pacemakers say it improves their length and quality of what?
Down
- 1. Artificial Pacemakers are implanted into your ...
- 2. Almost 1500 people worldwide had one by 2015
- 3. Where do most patients have to stay until they have a human heat transplant
- 6. Artificial Pacemakers are attached to your heart by two of these
- 9. Artificial hearts can be used to give these types of heart a rest
- 10. If your heart beats to slowly you cannot get enough of this
- 11. Heart valves may leak or become...
- 13. What do artificial hearts need a lot of to keep them working
- 14. Biological valve replacements only last 12 - 15...
- 16. The rhythm of your heat is controlled by a group of cells in the right...
- 18. Where do patients fitted with an artificial heart get to stay whilst they wait for a human heart match?
- 19. Artificial Pacemakers send strong, regular electrical signals to your heart that stimulate it to do what?
- 21. If you need a heart transplant you have to wait for a .... match
- 24. Sadly, most patients waiting for a heart transplant ... before a match is found