Across
- 3. x-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like stenosis or aneurysms
- 5. echocardiogram
- 6. used when heart is not beating right; placed in patient's chest and has wires that are implanted into the heart wall to deliver electrical signals to regulate heartbeat
- 8. ventricular tachycardia
- 11. high blood pressure
- 14. used to listen for the sounds of the heart and other body sounds like the lungs and intestines
- 16. blood vessel with thick walls that carries blood away from the heart
- 18. myocardial infarction
- 20. atrium
- 21. used to measure pressure (blood pressure cuff)
- 23. inner layer of the heart walls
- 24. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Down
- 1. heart
- 2. blood vessel with thin walls that allow the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to occur
- 4. when a weakened wall in an artery causes it to swell
- 7. swollen or dilated veins
- 8. blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart
- 9. inflamed pericardial sac caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, or diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis
- 10. vessel
- 12. hardening of arteries that can cause coronary artery disease
- 13. inner layer of the epicardium
- 15. artery
- 17. portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days; monitor records the heart activity to show possible pattern of symptoms
- 19. hypertension
- 22. aorta