congestive heart failure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of congestive heart failure
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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"Promptly fixing a mitral valve that is very leaky would protect the heart and could prevent congestive heart failure."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 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
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
An ABC News affiliate in Los Angeles explained that Black “was in a wheelchair, suffering from dementia, brain damage, kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and other conditions.”
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
He was 55 years old, very obese, had dangerously high blood pressure poorly controlled with medication, and was going into congestive heart failure.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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