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Definition of Heart failure

1. Noun. Inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions.

Definition of Heart failure

1. Noun. (cardiology pathology) 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. ¹

2. Noun. (cardiology pathology) The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Heart failure

1. A condition where there is ineffective pumping of the heart leading to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs. Typical symptoms include shortness of breath with exertion, difficulty breathing when lying flat and leg or ankle swelling. Causes include chronic hypertension, cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Heart failure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"There seems to have been an effort made in the last two years by medical writers to introduce the term ' 'heart failure' ' in the medical nomenclature with ..."

2. Report of a Summit: 1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit: A Focus on by Karen Adams, Ann Greiner, Janet Corrigan (2004)
"heart failure Impact heart failure has become an epidemic: • It currently affects 4.9 million Americans, with an additional 550000 cases being diagnosed ..."

3. The Lancet (1898)
"How are we to meet, and it may be to anticipate, heart failure under these circumstances ? This is really the kernel of the problem before the physician in ..."

4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Clients who have an acute episode of heart failure may recover and do quite well. Those who have survived an episode of cardiogenic shock almost always have ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"PASSIVE CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS FROM heart failure. ... the congestion which resulted from her heart-failure was marked by a somewhat fine crepitation ..."

6. Diseases of the heart by James Mackenzie (1908)
"The meaning of heart failure. 4. Reserve force. 5. Conditions exhausting the reserve force. 6. The nature of the symptoms in heart failure. 7. ..."

7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Congestive heart failure predicted disability only in the women. These results suggest that onset of AP should be recognized as a critical point in the ..."

8. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1888)
"J. LEWIS SMITH read a paper on SUDDEN heart failure IN DIPHTHERIA. Physicians who had had experience in the treatment oí diphtheria had met cases in which ..."

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