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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Our sweet Rookie was showing signs of heart failure that were being missed.
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Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
In late June, a seventy-five-year-old Cuban American man died there, apparently of heart failure.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
In more than 99% of cases of cardiovascular disease, heart failure or stroke, the patient had at least one of the risk factors before the incident occurred, according to the data.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Death certificates often attributed fatalities among older people to ailments like heart failure instead of falls, making fall mortality appear lower in the 1980s and 1990s.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
In late June, a seventy-five-year-old Cuban American man died there, apparently of heart failure.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
In more than 99% of cases of cardiovascular disease, heart failure or stroke, the patient had at least one of the risk factors before the incident occurred, according to the data.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Death certificates often attributed fatalities among older people to ailments like heart failure instead of falls, making fall mortality appear lower in the 1980s and 1990s.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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