Across
- 3. a serious complicaion of varicose veins
- 5. when the myocardium is deprived of oxygen often resulting in crushing heart pain
- 7. a clot that develops and persists in a unbroken blood vessel
- 8. when fluid leaks from that blood circulation into the lungs this is caused
- 9. a rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle
- 12. also called high blood pressure
- 14. this is caused if a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the blood stream
- 15. lack of an adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- 16. known as the bleeders disease
- 17. a heart rate that is substantially slower then normal
- 19. when the pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed so that the circulation is inadequate to meet tissue needs
- 20. a rapid heart rate
Down
- 1. commonly called a heart attack
- 2. small purpleish blotches on the skin
- 4. temporary low blood pressure and dizziness when they rise suddenly from a sitting position
- 6. the ventricles beat on their own rate and much slower
- 10. pooling of blood in the feet and legs, common in people who stand for long periods of time
- 11. inflammation of the pericardium
- 13. a condition in which the blood vessels are inadequately filled and blood cannot circulate normally
- 18. an abnormal or unusual heart sounds