Across
- 2. above/over excessive
- 4. shortness of breath
- 6. leads attached to chest records electrical activity of the heart
- 7. written record
- 11. congestive heart failure
- 12. septum wall between the right and left atria
- 14. major part of the respiratory system
- 17. chest pain
- 18. test that uses an ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 21. inside
- 22. thin layer that lines each chamber of the hearts walls
- 23. veins dilated and swollen veins
- 24. coronary artery bypass graft
- 25. double-layered sac that contains the heart
Down
- 1. instrument used to measure blood pressure
- 3. pericardium inner part of the epicardium
- 5. x-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose stenosis or aneurysms
- 8. arrest complete stopping of the heart
- 9. ventricular fibrillation
- 10. pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 13. an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell like a balloon
- 15. one who studies
- 16. valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery
- 19. high blood pressure
- 20. enzymes measure certain items in the blood that indicate heart muscle failure