Alterations in the Circulation of Blood Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• echocardiography : a cardiac assessment tool that uses ultra-high frequency sound waves to produce cardiac images
• obstructive : a classification of heart defects where blood exiting the heart meets resistance
• polycythemia : a compensatory elevation in rbc production and concentration
• transpositoin : a heart defect where the great arteries are transposed
• coarctation : a condition where a localized portion of the aorta is narrowed
• sildenafil : a medication that relaxes vascular smooth muscle in the wall of blood vessels
• cardiacoutput : the volume of blood ejected by the heart in 1 minute
• hypoxemia : clinical consequence of congenital heart defects usually caused by a right to left shunt
• mixed : a classification of heart defects where many cardiac anomalies occur together
• eight : the # of weeks gestation at which the heart is completely formed
• electrocardiography : a cardiac assessment tool used to measure the electrical activity of the heart
• fetal : a preterm type of circulation that directs maximum concentrations of blood to the most vital organs
• clubbing : bulbous swelling of the terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes
• digoxin : a cardiac glycoside that has specific effects on the heart muscle (myocardium)
• atrial : a septal defect between the filling chambers of the heart
• preload : a co determinant having to do with the stretch of the sarcomeres during diastole
• increased : a classification of heart defects where pulmonary blood flow is too high
• contractility : a co determinant having to do with the efficiency of the myocardial as an effective pump
• ventricular : a septal defect between the pumping chambers of the heart