Across
- 2. atrium
- 4. echocardiogram
- 6. used to listen for the sounds of the heart and other body sounds like the lungs and intestines
- 8. inner layer of the heart walls
- 9. x-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like stenosis or aneurysms
- 12. high blood pressure
- 16. portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days; monitor records the heart activity to show possible pattern of symptoms
- 17. vessel
- 21. hardening of arteries that can cause coronary artery disease
- 22. used to measure pressure (blood pressure cuff)
- 23. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- 24. myocardial infarction
- 25. artery
Down
- 1. blood vessel with thick walls that carries blood away from the heart
- 3. inner layer of the epicardium
- 5. heart
- 7. hypertension
- 10. inflamed pericardial sac caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, or diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis
- 11. blood vessel with thin walls that allow the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to occur
- 13. when a weakened wall in an artery causes it to swell
- 14. blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart
- 15. 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
- 18. swollen or dilated veins
- 19. aorta
- 20. ventricular tachycardia