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- 4. Hardening or blockage of the arteries
- 9. Root word meaning “vessel”
- 10. monitor Worn for 24+ hours to record heart rhythms
- 11. Prefix that means “slow”
- 12. Tiny vessels where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged
- 13. Uses ultrasound to create images of the heart
- 16. Vessels that carry blood toward the heart
- 17. infarction Another term for a heart attack
- 20. Test that records heart's electrical activity
- 22. Abbreviation for heart rate
- 23. Organ that pumps blood throughout the body
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- 1. Root word meaning “heart”
- 2. Medical term for high blood pressure
- 3. Suffix meaning “record or picture”
- 5. Suffix that means “inflammation”
- 6. test Measures heart’s function under exertion
- 7. catheterization Procedure using a tube to examine heart vessels
- 8. heart failure Condition where heart can't pump effectively
- 11. Abbreviation for blood pressure
- 14. Abbreviation for congestive heart failure
- 15. Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 17. Abbreviation for myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- 18. Largest artery in the human body
- 19. Irregular heartbeat
- 21. Short for coronary artery disease