Across
- 3. Angiotensin-converting inhibitor
- 6. collect the oxygenated blood and carry it from the lungs back to the heart.
- 7. Condition of thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity in the arterial walls.
- 8. around (prefix)
- 13. The test is used to measure the volume of blood pumped by the ventricle(s).
- 15. Coronary artery bypass graft
- 16. The lowest part of the heart is called the APEX
- 19. A record of the electrical activity of the heart.
- 20. congestive heart failure
- 21. small (suffix)
- 22. Condition of diseased heart muscle.
- 24. Aids in identifying the sizes of the heart chambers, how well the heart is pumping blood, and whether the heart has any damaged or dead tissue.
Down
- 1. Irregular heartbeat
- 2. A fibroserous sac that encloses the heart
- 4. Disease in which narrowing of the arteries results in decreased blood flow to the extremities, causing claudication during walking or exercise.
- 5. The pulmonary arteries carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.
- 9. Abnormal sound heard during auscultation of the heart, such as a whooshing sound created by a valve not completely closing.
- 10. Procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure are measured using ultrasound technology.
- 11. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
- 12. without (prefix)
- 14. receives blood from the pulmonary veins.
- 17. sound; reflected sound (combining form)
- 18. Method of evaluating a patient’s cardiovascular fitness during exercise, usually on a treadmill
- 22. heart (combining form)
- 23. Premature Atrial Contractions