congestive heart failure

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noun

heart failure (def. 2).

Origin of congestive heart failure

First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby congestive heart failure

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How to use congestive heart failure in a sentence

For years, Banks had worked in the city’s casinos, including Harrah’s and the Fair Grounds, their clouds of cigarette smoke slowly exacerbating her asthma and contributing to her eventual congestive heart failure.
Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans’ Power Grid. When Ida Hit, Residents Paid the Price. | by Max Blau and Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Tegan Wendland, WWNO/NPR; Photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica | September 22, 2021 | ProPublica
She rushed to the emergency room, where tests revealed that her own congestive heart failure, a condition she’d had for nearly a decade, had flared up.
Held Back: Inside a Lost School Year | by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, photography by Cydni Elledge | June 28, 2021 | ProPublica
She was 85 and had congestive heart failure, said her son, Alec Farr.
Judith Farr, scholar of Emily Dickinson and poet in her own right, dies at 85 | Emily Langer | June 23, 2021 | Washington Post
Perhaps someone who is diabetic or someone with congestive heart failure comes into the emergency department because they’ve been feeling bad but avoiding going to the hospital.
Inside the Scramble to Keep Hospitals Functioning | Will Huntsberry | January 4, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
An architectural visionary with a knack for listening and a romance for the ages died of complications from covid-19 and congestive heart failure.
Architecture ‘maverick’ dies of covid-19, congestive heart failure at 93 | Emily Davies | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post

By a sad coincidence, one of these heroes, John Michael Doar, died that same day from congestive heart failure.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Three days later, the 66-year-old Bannock expired of congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes.
Mardi Gras Indian Chief Larry Bannock’s Final Ride | Jason Berry | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
All of the strong beneficial effects could show up on cancer or congestive heart failure, and we'll never know.
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier | Megan McArdle | May 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He later injected patients with high levels of digoxin, a deadly drug used to treat congestive heart failure.
‘The Angel of Death’ and the Hospitals That Put a Serial Killer to Work | Lizzie Crocker | April 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Dr. Scrimshaw died of congestive heart failure on Friday at the age of 95.
When Nutrition Became a 'Thing' | Ilana Glazer | February 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Scientific definitions for congestive heart failure

congestive heart failure

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