How to Use congestive heart failure in a Sentence

congestive heart failure

noun
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, his son Charles said.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Some of the patients, sick with congestive heart failure, will wait for a heart.
    Jonathan Reiner, CNN, 15 Jan. 2022
  • The heart gets weaker, which can lead to congestive heart failure.
    William Neff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Glaxo’s patent is for the use of the compound carvedilol to lessen the chance of death from congestive heart failure.
    Susan Decker, Bloomberg.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Her son Dean Hall said the cause was congestive heart failure.
    New York Times, 15 May 2021
  • His niece Lisa Sturz said the cause was congestive heart failure.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son Hugh Pocock.
    Emily Langer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Omar Pasha.
    Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2020
  • His wife, Karen Rice, said the cause was congestive heart failure.
    New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Bruce Phillips.
    Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • His wife, Joan Roland, said the cause was congestive heart failure.
    Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In patients with congestive heart failure, this kind of posture could put too much strain on the heart.
    Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, his wife, Jill Bokor, said.
    Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, his sons, Hugh and Stephen, said.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • What caused Brentt Leakes' stroke and congestive heart failure?
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • He was found to have congestive heart failure and a liver mass and had been awaiting a heart transplant.
    David Selig, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2018
  • Some studies suggest this may help with congestive heart failure (when the heart isn’t able to pump enough blood).
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son John Barton.
    Washington Post, 31 May 2021
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son Ken Donovan.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • His wife, Joyce Garvin Kapp, said the cause was congestive heart failure.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 5 July 2019
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Ray Vickery.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said her son, Phillip Thomas Jr.
    Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Thomas Morgan.
    Washington Post, 8 July 2020
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son Christopher King.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, his daughter Pamela Bain said.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said a daughter-in-law, Erin Heath.
    Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said a grandson, Galen Mook.
    Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son, Charles Beggs.
    Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2020
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his wife, Susan Oelze.
    Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, said his spokesman Ken Sunshine.
    Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023

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