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- 2. Also called heart bypass surgery, is a medical procedure to improve blood flow to the heart.
- 6. A device implantable inside the body, able to perform defibrillation.
- 9. Suffix meaning hardening.
- 13. The valve between the lower left heart chamber and the main artery to the body doesn't work properly.
- 16. Also called a heart attack.
- 17. vessels The organ that is in charge of carrying the blood around the body.
- 19. Prefix meaning fast.
- 21. Build up of fat leads to arteries hardening.
- 22. Evaluates the function of the lower chambers of your heart (ventricles).
- 23. Suffix meaning narrowing.
- 24. Improper beating of the heart, Aortic valve disease too fast, or too slow.
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- 1. The innermost tissue of the heart.
- 2. Your heart muscle's blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances
- 3. A test that measures eight different substances in your blood.
- 4. The main muscular tissue of the heart.
- 5. Uses a radioactive tracer, which diseased areas of your heart absorb.
- 7. It instructs health care providers not to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating.
- 8. Prefix meaning slow.
- 10. Uses sound waves to create pictures of the heart.
- 11. A serious medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disturbed.
- 12. Suffix meaning enlarged.
- 14. A quick and painless test that records the electrical signals in the heart.
- 15. Uses radio waves and magnets to scan your heart instead of radiation.
- 18. The organ that pumps blood throughout the body and to the lungs.
- 20. The organ that give the blood coming from the heart oxygen and removes the CO2.