Across
- 3. The normal transmission of an electrical impulse through the heart is described as _____
- 7. The electrical pathways that disseminate an impulse throughout the ventricular muscle
- 9. procedure to restore normal heart beat in the presence of tachycardia
- 14. Giving oxygen to a patient with a VSD will increase left to right shunt due to pulmonary _____
- 15. valves ensure _____ blood flow through the heart
- 16. What layer lines the chambers and valves of the heart
- 18. 'The more the heart fills with blood, the greater the force of contraction'. This represents the _____ law
- 19. cardiac output is affected by heart rate and _____
- 22. This medication is a prostaglandin used in the management of duct-dependent cardiac defects
- 23. Structure between left atrium and ventricle
Down
- 1. Name the semi-lunar valve on the right side of the heart
- 2. Patients with a VSD are likely to be in cardiac failure from birth
- 4. AV Valve _____ is commonly seen post AVSD repair
- 5. When semi-lunar valves open, is arterial or ventricular pressure greater?
- 6. Which clinical feature would you not expect to see in a patient with a left to right shunt, and would be a sign of pulmonary hypertension?
- 8. Congenital heart defect characterized by a VSD, pulmonary stenosis, overriding aorta and right ventricular hypertrophy
- 10. Perfusion of the heart muscle occurs during _____
- 11. one of the shunts of foetal circulation
- 12. Blood flow to the lungs is ____ in patients with a left to right shunt
- 13. These arteries deliver blood to the heart muscle
- 17. Blood flow to the lungs is ____ in patients with a right to left shunt
- 20. Name the thickest heart layer
- 21. A patient with an ASD is unlikely to be symptomatic in childhood