Across
- 4. inflammation of the myocardium, the muscular part of the heart, caused most often by viral infection and less often by bacterial infections, certain medications, toxins, and autoimmune disorders.
- 5. Heart Disease/ heart muscles and valves damage due to rheumatic fever caused by Streptococcus pyogenes a group A streptococcal infection.
- 10. diseases of cardiac muscle
- 12. inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. The structures most commonly involved are the heart valves.
- 13. Artery Stenosis/ the narrowing of one or both of the renal arteries, most often caused by atherosclerosis or fibromuscular dysplasia
- 14. Artery Disease/ involves the reduction of blood flow to the heart muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart.
- 15. Myocarditis/ inflammation of the myocardium caused by pathologically activated eosinophilic white blood cells.
- 16. Heart Disease/ heart structure malformations existing at birth
Down
- 1. Disease/ disease of blood vessels that supply blood to the brain
- 2. Heart Disease/ a failure at the right side of the heart with respiratory system involvement
- 3. Aneurysm/ an enlargement (dilatation) of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal size.
- 6. Dysrhythmias/ abnormalities of heart rhythm
- 7. Failure/ a clinical syndrome caused by the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood to the tissues to meet their metabolic requirements
- 8. Heart Disease/ diseases of the heart secondary to high blood pressure or hypertension
- 9. Arterial Disease/ disease of blood vessels that supply blood to the arms and legs
- 11. Heart Disease/ any cardiovascular disease process involving one or more of the four valves of the heart