Across
- 3. Antiplatelets reduce risk of _______ attack by making platelets less sticky.
- 4. If heart muscles do not ________ properly, blood can flow backwards.
- 6. This hormone related condition greatly increases the risk of CVD.
- 8. This form of treatment requires a new heart from a donor.
- 10. Exercising regularly can strengthen heart _________.
Down
- 1. Nitrates widen _______ vessels by relaxing _______ vessel walls.
- 2. These devices sense irregular heartbeats and provide electrical impulses to the heart.
- 5. A ________ is a wire mesh tube used to widen partially blocked arteries.
- 7. Stopping smoking reduces the risk of a heart _______.
- 9. Statins cause the _________ to remove more cholesterol from the blood.