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heart failure

NOUN
  1. inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions

How To Use heart failure In A Sentence

  • Recent studies have revealed a correlation between prognosis in heart failure and plasma levels of such neurohormones as endothelin, norepinephrine and renin, among others.
  • Sometimes, when people die of heart failure, they first suffer angor animi, anguish of the soul. Times, Sunday Times
  • Heart failure means that the heart muscle is not pumping well enough to meet the need for oxygen-rich blood.
  • Hospital readmissions and general practice consultations often occur soon after the diagnosis of heart failure.
  • In some cases, the method will be used to switch off rogue genes that promote conditions such as heart failure or cancer. Times, Sunday Times
  • Zenuk C, Healey J, Donnelly J, et al. Thiamine deficiency in congestive heart failure patients receiving long term furosemide therapy. Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific
  • One-year mortality was reduced regardless of gender, presence of diabetes mellitus or heart failure, or treatment with diuretics, digitalis, beta blockers or anticoagulants.
  • Three more common conditions associated with altered autonomic function include neurogenic essential hypertension, psychogenic ischemic heart disease, and congestive heart failure.
  • It is increased in failing human hearts and contributes to the loss of the heart's contractile strength during the development of heart failure.
  • The major contributing factor for heart failure decompensation was medication lapses.
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