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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Solomon said AstraZeneca has requested similar approval for Farxiga, which is only cleared for the first subset of heart failure patients. 
Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Researchers used the Apple Watch ECG feature to detect weak heart pump, which happens in heart failure. Chris Smith, BGR, 3 May 2022 For example, monitoring heart failure patients taking Novartis’ drug Entresto can help reduce hospital readmissions. Katie Jennings, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Tests showed that Johnson Keelen, then 42, was suddenly in end-stage heart failure. Neil Bedi, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2021 A day after the judge’s order, Haddix began to claim to local news outlets that Tonka had died from heart failure on May 30. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2022 The patient, a woman in her 60s, suffered from advanced heart failure and received the donation, along with a simultaneous kidney transplant, in early Spring at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, according to a news release. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 30 July 2022 Shortly after, all four of them die from heart failure. Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 July 2022 Then, in 2004, Sprouse, who had secretly been battling lung cancer after years of smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, died from heart failure at 50. Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 22 July 2022 See More
Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Researchers used the Apple Watch ECG feature to detect weak heart pump, which happens in heart failure. Chris Smith, BGR, 3 May 2022 For example, monitoring heart failure patients taking Novartis’ drug Entresto can help reduce hospital readmissions. Katie Jennings, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Tests showed that Johnson Keelen, then 42, was suddenly in end-stage heart failure. Neil Bedi, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2021 A day after the judge’s order, Haddix began to claim to local news outlets that Tonka had died from heart failure on May 30. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2022 The patient, a woman in her 60s, suffered from advanced heart failure and received the donation, along with a simultaneous kidney transplant, in early Spring at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, according to a news release. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 30 July 2022 Shortly after, all four of them die from heart failure. Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 July 2022 Then, in 2004, Sprouse, who had secretly been battling lung cancer after years of smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, died from heart failure at 50. Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
heart failure
noun
1
: a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume compare angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, coronary failure, heart attack
2
: cessation of heartbeat : death