heart failure
noun
1
: a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume
2
: cessation of heartbeat : death
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The reaction can lead to lung and heart failure, and like in Okula's case, cardiac arrest, which is when your heart stops beating.
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Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
Fewer employees mean less manpower to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new drugs that could dramatically impact diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart failure—issues that affect millions of Americans.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
D’Andrea died March 11 of heart failure at her home in Santa Monica, her daughter Andrea Doven told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Authorities announced last week that Hackman was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and died from heart failure seven days after his wife died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a virus found in rodents.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
Fewer employees mean less manpower to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new drugs that could dramatically impact diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart failure—issues that affect millions of Americans.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
D’Andrea died March 11 of heart failure at her home in Santa Monica, her daughter Andrea Doven told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Authorities announced last week that Hackman was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and died from heart failure seven days after his wife died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a virus found in rodents.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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