congestive heart failure
nounDefinition of congestive heart failure
: 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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The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Ray Vickery. — Washington Post, "Community deaths," 20 Aug. 2019 Martin Ruther, a retired Medicare statistician who was a pioneering resident of Columbia, died July 23 from congestive heart failure at Residences at Vantage Point in Columbia. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "Martin Ruther, health care statistician, dies," 7 Aug. 2019 His son Lance said the cause was congestive heart failure. — BostonGlobe.com, "Former Chargers fullback Keith Lincoln dies at age 80," 30 July 2019 His son Lance said the cause was congestive heart failure. — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, "Keith Lincoln, San Diego Chargers Star in the A.F.L., Dies at 80," 29 July 2019 Clinical trials were exploring whether the drugs could reverse congestive heart failure, a disease that killed as many as 300,000 Americans each year. — John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Researchers hoped these drugs could reverse heart failure. Instead, patients' risk of death rose.," 18 July 2019 The cause was congestive heart failure, said a daughter, Amy Gerber-Stroh. — Washington Post, "Community deaths," 17 July 2019 His wife, Joyce Garvin Kapp, said the cause was congestive heart failure. — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, "Mickey Kapp, Who Made Mixtapes for Astronauts, Dies at 88," 5 July 2019 The cause was congestive heart failure, said a daughter-in-law, Erin Heath. — Washington Post, "Community deaths," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'congestive heart failure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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