Across
- 2. mesh tube to keep clogged artery opened
- 3. main artery of the body
- 5. congestive heart failure abbreviation
- 7. not enough blood to the heart muscles
- 9. very slow heart rate, usually below 60 bpm
- 11. two respiratory organs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 12. medication to treat heart attacks
- 16. contraction phase of the heartbeat
- 19. blood clot in a blood vessel
- 20. relaxation phase of the heart
- 21. abbreviation for shortness of breath
- 24. study of the heart
- 25. sound waves to image the heart
- 27. thin walls within the heart
- 28. plural form of radius
- 29. carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart
Down
- 1. root word meaning heart
- 2. abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel
- 4. an abnormal heart sound
- 5. abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- 6. device that uses electrical impulses to regulate heartbeat
- 8. abbreviation for device that records the heart's electrical activity
- 10. procedure to open arteries
- 13. high blood pressure
- 14. one of the two upper chambers of the heart
- 15. blood clot that has broken free
- 17. sac that cushions tissues
- 18. heart's arteries that supply itself
- 19. rapid heart beat, usually above 100 bpm
- 22. last letter of the Greek alphabet, used to describe fatty acids
- 23. thin tube inserted into a vessel for treatment
- 26. a radioactive gas
- 29. one of the two lower heart pumping chambers