Across
- 3. test where x ray dye is injected into a person to look for narrowing of blood vessels
- 4. abbreviation for acute myocardial infarction
- 7. middle, muscular layer of heart that contracts
- 9. tool used to listen to heart, lungs, and other organs
- 10. root word that means atrium
- 13. outer layer of heart
- 16. machine that connects to person's chest and records heart electrical activity
- 17. tool used to measure blood pressure
- 20. veins disease where veins are swollen and dilated
- 21. abbreviation for blood pressure
- 22. suffix meaning an instrument to measure blood pressure
- 23. prefix meaning slow
Down
- 1. disease where pericardial sac around heart is inflamed
- 2. root word that means pulse
- 4. disease where artery weakens, causing swelling
- 5. abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 6. disease where there is increased pressure in blood vessels; high blood pressure
- 8. thick walled blood vessel that carries blood away from heart
- 11. arrest disease where heart stops completely
- 12. thin walled blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart
- 13. thin, inner layer lining the heart chambers
- 14. test where ultrasound is used to look at heart and blood vessels
- 15. abbreviation for chest pain
- 18. root word that means plug or blockage
- 19. abbreviation for coronary artery disease