congestive
Americanadjective
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"One major reason we treat severe coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction is to prevent left ventricular dysfunction and progression to congestive heart failure," said Dr. Reeves.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
“To Absent Friends” draws its title from a favorite Welty toast, a gesture that surely acquired special poignancy after Lyell died of congestive heart failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
DeJohnette’s wife, Lydia, told NPR the cause was congestive heart failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
His personal assistant Joan Clancy confirmed that he died on Sunday from congestive heart failure in Kingston Hospital, New York state.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
All experienced practitioners understand that certain constitutional conditions may pervert simple chills into congestive forms by producing prolongation or aggravation of the states of congestion always present in ordinary chills.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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