Across
- 1. This test helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
- 3. blood
- 6. instrument to measure pressure
- 8. used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 10. the thin inner layer that lines each chamber
- 11. a wall/partition or septum
- 13. During this test the patient is asked to walk on a treadmill or ride a bicycle to increase how hard the heart is working.
- 14. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms
- 16. coronary artery bypass graft
- 17. blood pressure
- 19. the outer layer
- 23. narrowing
- 24. echocardiogram
- 25. a condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
Down
- 2. a disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart
- 4. a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle
- 5. commonly referred to as a heart attack
- 7. the area where the heart lies, the middle of the chest and slightly to the left
- 9. the middle, muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- 12. is a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 15. valve a semilunar valve and is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
- 18. point of maximum impulse of the heart when felt during examination
- 20. chest
- 21. automated external defibrillator
- 22. a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels