heart failure
noun
1
: a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume
2
: cessation of heartbeat : death
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In total, the studies included nearly 2,700 participants free of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and heart failure.
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Cathy Nelson, Health, 14 May 2026
In those cases, staph can lead to blood infections, pneumonia, heart failure or stroke, or bone and joint infection and life-threatening conditions like sepsis and septic shock.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Then a teenager, Nortch was experiencing heart failure.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Symptoms start with a flu-like illness and can progress quickly to intense inflammation in the lungs that leads to lung and heart failure.
—Daniel Pastula, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
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Cathy Nelson, Health, 14 May 2026
In those cases, staph can lead to blood infections, pneumonia, heart failure or stroke, or bone and joint infection and life-threatening conditions like sepsis and septic shock.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Then a teenager, Nortch was experiencing heart failure.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Symptoms start with a flu-like illness and can progress quickly to intense inflammation in the lungs that leads to lung and heart failure.
—Daniel Pastula, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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