Across
- 2. Heart
- 7. occurs when a part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs
- 11. portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
- 13. Intravenous
- 16. Microscopic blood vessels for gas exchange
- 18. a complete stopping of the heart
- 20. Involuntary muscle contraction
- 21. Largest artery in the body
- 22. Muscular tissue of the heart
- 23. Thinner walls carry blood toward the heart
- 24. This test uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus
- 25. Double-layered sac surrounding the heart
Down
- 1. using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter. The catheter is used to inject the dye into the vessels surrounding the heart. This test shows narrowing, aneurysms, collects samples, and detects pressure in the heart.
- 3. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 4. Beyond or excess
- 5. a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 6. Against
- 8. Complaint of
- 9. History of
- 10. Do not resuscitate
- 12. Growth
- 14. a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- 15. Blood
- 17. used to listen for the sounds of the heart, but it also helps us listen to other body sounds like the lungs and intestines
- 19. a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle