Across
- 2. thin inner layer lining each heart chamber
- 4. surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 7. device with wires implanted in heart wall
- 8. prefix meaning slow
- 9. myocardial infarction
- 10. increased pressure in the blood vessels
- 11. prefix meaning fast
- 14. hardening of arteries, fat build up in artery
- 15. intravenous
- 16. suffix meaning chest
- 17. root word meaning lung
- 20. double layered sac on outside of heart
- 22. pericardial sac around heart becomes inflamed
- 23. coronary care unit
Down
- 1. blood pressure cuff
- 3. ultrasound for heart and its vessels
- 5. what you call veins when they're dilated or swollen
- 6. condition where artery has weak wall, causes swelling
- 9. muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- 10. muscle pumps blood to the rest of body
- 12. when x-ray dye injected into blood vessels
- 13. portable ECG
- 18. outer layer of heart
- 19. ventrical fibrillation
- 21. blood pressure