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US
/kənˈdʒɛstɪv/
]
[ UK /kəndʒˈɛstɪv/ ]
[ UK /kəndʒˈɛstɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid
congestive heart disease
How To Use congestive In A Sentence
- In patients whose renal function may depend on the activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (e.g., patients with severe congestive heart failure), treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors has been associated with oliguria and/or progressive azotemia and (rarely) with acute renal failure and/or death. Undefined
- Manifestations include cardiomegaly, heart murmur (mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation), friction rub secondary to pericarditis, and congestive heart failure.
- Objective To study the clinical significance of changes of plasma nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) levels in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).
- A physical examination showed stable vital signs but severe cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure.
- Our results show that there is a dilatation of the choroidal vessels after sildenafil treatment and this may lead to congestive effects within the eye.
- Circulatory failure, evidenced by definite symptoms such as breathlessness, pain, and signs of congestive failure (engorged neck veins, enlarged liver, edema, as well as dyspnea). EXECUTIVE ORDER 10001
- In congestive heart failure, it is diminished because of low cardiac output and reduced arterial distending pressure.
- I even asked for a doctor because I figured I was having trouble with a blood clot they often form in congestive heart failure cases because of poor blood flow. Oceano Pacifico
- Coenzyme Q10 is found in all cells of the body; low amounts are associated with aging and disease states of bioenergetics from congestive heart failure (CHF) to cancer, both of which are reversed with megadoses of CoQ10. Stern outtakes! « BuzzMachine
- Of the 108 patients who died, the proportion with "cardiogenic shock, right ventricular failure, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction was higher in the aprotinin group than in the other two groups," the study said. Bayer Antibleeding Drug Takes Hit