Across
- 2. / Blood pressure
- 3. heart failure / A condition in which the heart is not effectively pumping blood from the left ventricle which causes reduced blood flow
- 4. / Cardiovascular
- 6. / A condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell
- 8. / Contrast is injected into the blood vessels to diagnose things like stenosis or aneurysms
- 10. / vessel
- 12. transplantation / A surgical procedure in which the patient's heart is replaced with a heart from a donor
- 14. / A condition in which the pericardial sack around the heart is inflammed
- 15. / Chest pain
- 16. ultrasonography / A test that uses an ultrasound to look at the blood traveling through the blood vessels to determine if the vessels are narrowed or have a thrombus
- 20. veins / Swollen and dilated veins, typically in the legs
- 22. vena cava / One of the largest veins that supplies blood to the lower half of the body
Down
- 1. vena cava / One of the largest veins that supplies blood to the upper half of the body
- 2. valve / Has 2 flaps and is between the left atrium and the left ventricle
- 5. / aorta
- 6. / Atrial fibrillation
- 7. infarction / A condition which occurs when a part of the heart does not get the blood flow it requires
- 8. valve / Semilunar valve on the left side of the heart
- 9. enzymes / A test is used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 11. / small
- 13. / Vital signs stable
- 17. / inner
- 18. / narrowing
- 19. valve / Has 3 flaps and is between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- 21. Monitor / A portable ECG machine that the patient wears for a few days in order to record heart activity that shows a possible pattern relating to the patient's symptoms