congestive heart failure
noun
: heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain an adequate circulation of blood in the bodily tissues or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the veins
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My dad had been living with us since then and experienced a major health decline from congestive heart failure.
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Jessica Kim, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Irvin Fishbein, an attorney who during World War II used his translation skills to aid Holocaust survivors, died of congestive heart failure April 27 at his Baltimore County home.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
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Jessica Kim, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Irvin Fishbein, an attorney who during World War II used his translation skills to aid Holocaust survivors, died of congestive heart failure April 27 at his Baltimore County home.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
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“Congestive heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congestive%20heart%20failure. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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