Across
- 3. - beats per minute
- 7. - a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 9. - an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon
- 12. - a prefix meaning heart
- 13. monitor - a portable ECG machine
- 15. - uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a clot
- 17. - automated external defibrillator
- 18. - also known as high blood pressure
- 19. - X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms.
- 22. - a prefix meaning aorta
- 23. - vital signs are stable
Down
- 1. valve - semilunar valve and is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
- 2. - the middle, muscular layer that contracts to pump blood
- 4. septum - the wall between the right and left atria
- 5. - congestive heart failure
- 6. arrest - a complete stopping of the heart.
- 8. - the thin inner layer that lines each chamber of the heart
- 10. - a prefix meaning blood
- 11. enzymes - used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage
- 14. - the outer layer of the heart
- 16. - condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 17. - a prefix meaning vessel
- 20. - a prefix meaning vein
- 21. Attack - This condition occurs when a part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs.