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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Dead muscle is typically replaced by stiff scar tissue, often leading to heart failure.
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Austin Furst, who founded Vestron Video, the pioneering home video company behind the Michael Jackson Thriller documentary and the film Dirty Dancing, died Wednesday, March 25, at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, of complications from heart failure.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
The researchers watched each adult closely for about three years and examined how many had a recurrent heart attack, were hospitalized for heart failure or died from any cause.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Byfield was diagnosed with heart failure and given months to live, but a second opinion at Memorial Regional Hospital gave him new hope.
—Bri Buckley, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Austin Furst, who founded Vestron Video, the pioneering home video company behind the Michael Jackson Thriller documentary and the film Dirty Dancing, died Wednesday, March 25, at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, of complications from heart failure.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
The researchers watched each adult closely for about three years and examined how many had a recurrent heart attack, were hospitalized for heart failure or died from any cause.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Byfield was diagnosed with heart failure and given months to live, but a second opinion at Memorial Regional Hospital gave him new hope.
—Bri Buckley, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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