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heart failure
noun
- a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- Also called congestive heart failure. a condition in which the heart fails to pump adequate amounts of blood to the tissues, resulting in accumulation of blood returning to the heart from the veins, and often accompanied by distension of the ventricles, edema, and shortness of breath.
heart failure
noun
- a condition in which the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to the tissues, usually resulting in breathlessness, swollen ankles, etc
- sudden and permanent cessation of the heartbeat, resulting in death
heart failure
- An acute or chronic inability of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation to the peripheral tissues and the lungs, usually characterized by fatigue, edema, and shortness of breath. Heart failure has many causes, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy.
- Also called congestive heart failure
Word History and Origins
Origin of heart failure1
Example Sentences
My patient was a man in his mid-70s with heart failure who on his 16th night in the hospital spiked a fever.
It is known to occur more commonly in males than in females, ages 20 to 40, and can result in serious arrhythmias, loss of consciousness, heart failure, and even sudden cardiac death.
Children with the disease, known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, or progeria for short, often die of heart failure, heart attack or stroke as teenagers.
Similarly, research has shown weaker grip strength is a strong predictor of cardiac death, death from any cause, and hospital admission for heart failure.
Researchers linked sleep-disordered breathing to an increased risk of high blood pressure, heart failure, and stroke.
New York medical examiner Dr. Elliott Gross instead ruled that he died of heart failure.
By a sad coincidence, one of these heroes, John Michael Doar, died that same day from congestive heart failure.
The patient was finally seen only days ago, on May 16, when they were admitted to the hospital for decompensated heart failure.
Three days later, the 66-year-old Bannock expired of congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes.
It was too late and Mosk was pronounced DOA of heart failure.
Auld Jock had died of heart failure, from pneumonia and worn-out old age.
Then the Yale yell pealed forth, and Little Eva came near dying in reality from heart failure.
The protracted excitement has caused several deaths from heart failure, and I heard of two cases of acute mania.
As Burt said afterward, "I came so near havin' heart failure for a minute that I could see the funeral procession."
I nearly died of heart failure because I couldnt go in with em.
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