heart failure
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- noun
- /hɑrt ˈfeɪljər/
- Specialized
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insuficiencia cardíaca
- The doctor explained that heart failure can lead to severe fatigue and shortness of breath if not treated properly.
- symptoms of heart failure
- treatment of heart failure
- diagnosis of heart failure
And now beta blockers are given all day every day for heart failure.
- And now beta blockers are given all day every day for heart failure.
- Number six is congestive heart failure, CHF, and this can be even mild undiagnosed CHF or heart failure.
- This is FDA approved for hypertension or high blood pressure and for congestive heart failure.
- I mean, not surprisingly, congestive heart failure when you're, when you're overweight, that sort of thing can, can quite easily happen to you.
- Less deaths from heart attacks, heart failure, less strokes.
- Look, his his death certificate was like heart failure or something.
- that was the biggest concern was, was heart failure. But because he just consumed very little,
- She went in because her heart stopped beating or you have you're having heart failure of some sort, right.
- Or it could be, or it could be things that are, you know, that could be, you know, more concerning like bad arrhythmias or heart failure that, that that's progressing.
Examples
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The patient with heart failure should be a partner in their own care.
Academic text (2011) -
Review the use of depression scoring questions in patients with chronic heart failure in your practice.
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What is the impact of heart failure on our population?
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In my experience, people with heart failure usually present in two major ways.
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The doctor said it was heart failure.
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What services are they able to offer for heart failure patients?
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Heart failure seems the most likely.
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The president lost nearly 100 pounds before he died, and ultimately succumbed to heart failure.
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Regular multidisciplinary review of patients with heart failure improves morbidity and mortality.
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Found by a staff member in his Bel Air home this morning the author of the new anti-drug legislation is believed to have died from heart failure
Synonyms
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3.5
A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood well, causing fluid to build up in the body
A condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body
The heart cannot pump enough blood to the body, causing tiredness and shortness of breath
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a direct combination of 'heart' (the organ) and 'failure' (loss of normal function), so 'heart failure' literally denotes the heart not working properly; a learner who knows both words can infer this medical sense. This noun+noun/compound pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so it is readily understandable to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase heart failure gives a clear image: the heart 'fails' and the word failure means it has stopped working, so it cannot 'pump' enough blood. That's why it means a serious health problem when the heart cannot send enough blood to the body.