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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Vaping didn’t appear to be linked to another kind of heart failure caused by a weakened heart.
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Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 12 Apr. 2024
If people swallow the substance, different symptoms can occur, including heart failure, gut, liver, and kidney damage, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and in some cases death, reports Britain’s Health Security Agency.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
In extreme cases, taking too much vitamin D can trigger potentially fatal health conditions, such as kidney or heart failure.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Two studies published in November found that older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but who use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke when hospitalized, while people who use marijuana daily were 34% more likely to develop heart failure.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
Sinclair — who died Tuesday morning (April 2) from heart failure at Detroit Receiving Hospital at the age of 82 —honed that existentialism throughout a storied career.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
Weinstein was married to Mark Rosenberg — brother of L.A. Law actor Alan Rosenberg — from 1984 until his death from heart failure on the Texas set of Flesh and Bone in 1992.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
This finding is nonspecific and can be seen in the setting of many diagnoses; including cellulitis, contusion from trauma and vascular disease from heart failure.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
Patients who’d had previous heart failure, valvular defects, cancer or other causes of hypertension were disqualified.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 12 Apr. 2024
If people swallow the substance, different symptoms can occur, including heart failure, gut, liver, and kidney damage, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and in some cases death, reports Britain’s Health Security Agency.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
In extreme cases, taking too much vitamin D can trigger potentially fatal health conditions, such as kidney or heart failure.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Two studies published in November found that older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but who use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke when hospitalized, while people who use marijuana daily were 34% more likely to develop heart failure.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
Sinclair — who died Tuesday morning (April 2) from heart failure at Detroit Receiving Hospital at the age of 82 —honed that existentialism throughout a storied career.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
Weinstein was married to Mark Rosenberg — brother of L.A. Law actor Alan Rosenberg — from 1984 until his death from heart failure on the Texas set of Flesh and Bone in 1992.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
This finding is nonspecific and can be seen in the setting of many diagnoses; including cellulitis, contusion from trauma and vascular disease from heart failure.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
Patients who’d had previous heart failure, valvular defects, cancer or other causes of hypertension were disqualified.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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