Across
- 4. occurs when the heart muscle doesn't get enough blood
- 6. Electrocardiogram
- 7. computerized tomography
- 9. plug or blockage
- 10. a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
- 12. beyond or excess
- 14. each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed.
- 15. Positron emission tomography
- 16. diabetes mellitus
- 17. The sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen caused by blockage of blood flow or rupture of an artery to the brain
- 20. a serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- 23. basic metabolic panel
- 26. refers to any condition affecting the heart
Down
- 1. Transesophageal echocardiogram
- 2. hardening of the arteries
- 3. the muscular tissue of the heart.
- 5. automated external defibrillator
- 8. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 11. study of
- 13. inflammation
- 18. Transthoracic echocardiogram
- 19. emergency department
- 21. condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm
- 22. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- 24. catheterization
- 25. two
