heart failure

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heart failure noun

The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.
The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.

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congestive cardiac failure congestive heart failure coronary failure heart-failure cardiopathology coronary heart disease holiday heart syndrome cardiomyopathy cardiogenic shock cardiopathy cardiopath noncompaction cardiac arrest heart attack heart disease cardiomyopathia valvopathy

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