Across
- 4. heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle
- 5. catheterization
- 7. mitral valve prolapse
- 8. The machine records the electrical activity of the heart. This test helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
- 9. swollen and dilated veins
- 13. the thin, smooth membrane which lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- 15. procedure using x-ray dye and a tiny tube called a catheter
- 17. the heart's muscular layer, made up of cardiac muscle cells.
- 18. a portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days
- 19. echocardiogram
- 20. test to evaluate how well this system is functioning
- 22. premature ventricular contraction
- 24. meaning vessel
Down
- 1. heart attack
- 2. an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
- 3. instrument to measure pressure or a blood pressure cuff
- 5. any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
- 6. meaning aorta
- 10. meaning artery
- 11. the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane.
- 12. a very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries.
- 14. meaning atrium
- 16. hardening of the arteries
- 21. meaning "deficiency" or "blockage".
- 23. coronary artery bypass graft
