Across
- 1. numbness with a tingling sensation
- 3. signs and symptoms include anorexia, nausea, and bradycardia
- 7. a fibrin blood clot
- 8. agents drugs that stimulate the heart to increase the force of contractions
- 10. feeling of chest discomfort arising from the heart
- 12. a type of supraventricular dysrhythmia
- 14. a condition caused by vasospasms of the blood vessels triggered by unknown mechanisms
- 16. drug class that causes the dissolution of fibrin clots
- 18. pathway that is the electrical system of the heart
- 22. inhibitors drug class that inhibits thrombin, preventing the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
- 24. clotting pathway activated when a blood vessel is injured and collagen in the vessel wall is exposed
- 26. the pacemaker cells in the conduction system
- 27. inhibitors drug class that acts by blocking receptors on platelets, preventing clot formation
Down
- 2. clotting pathway triggered by sources outside the blood vessels, such as tissue extract or thromboplastin
- 4. an obstruction of conduction pathways, resulting in delayed conduction
- 5. this antidysrhythmic agent works by slowing the conduction through the AV node
- 6. drug class that is active against factor Xa and thrombin
- 9. angina precipitated by physical exertion or stress, lasts only a few minutes, relieved by nitroglycerin
- 11. ringing in the ears
- 13. angina that occurs while the patient is at rest, caused by vasospasms of the coronary artery, diagnosed by combination of history and exercise testing
- 15. supply of oxygen needed by the heart cells is inadequate
- 17. inotropy having the ability to stimulate the heart to increase the force of contractions
- 19. chronotropy having the ability to slow the heart rate
- 20. a disturbance in the normal electrical conduction of the heart, resulting in abnormal heart muscle contraction
- 21. vasoconstriction of blood vessels
- 23. a small fragment of a thrombus that breaks off
- 25. angina unpredictable chest pain; changes in onset, frequency, duration, and intensity