Across
- 2. treats low blood potassium (potassium chloride)
- 4. narrowing of the arteries
- 6. ultrasound test that views heart and its vessels
- 8. doctor who studies hearts
- 9. tiniest blood vessels that exchange material between blood and tissue cells
- 11. moniter portable device that produces an electrocardiogram
- 12. when a patient's oxygen and EKG levels are monitored (treadmill test)
- 15. pinkish gray organs that allow air flow
- 18. rapid heart rate
- 21. force of blood against artery walls is too high
- 22. difficult for the heart to pump blood to rest of body, can cause heart failure
- 24. narrowing of the aorta
Down
- 1. the main organ; network of blood vessels that pump blood
- 3. enlarged heart
- 5. instrument to measure pulse (blood) pressure
- 6. a thin lair of protective tissue surrounding the heart
- 7. hardening of arteries that causes heart disease
- 10. radiology and x-ray dye is utilized in blood vessels to diagnose
- 13. improper beating of the heart
- 14. measures items in blood that could show heart damage
- 16. disease that affects heart valve between the left chambers
- 17. insertion of catheter into the heart
- 19. present at birth and affects heart's structure
- 20. metabloic disease with very high glucose levels
- 23. the connective tissue that is double layered and surrounds the heart like a sac