circulatory failure
1circulatory failure — noun failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues • Hypernyms: ↑cardiovascular disease …
2Circulatory collapse — Cardiovascular collapse Classification and external resources ICD 10 R57.9 A circulatory collapse is defined as a general or specific failure of the circulation, either cardiac or peripheral in nature. A common cause of this could be shock …
3Circulatory — Having to do with the circulation, the movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the adjective "circulatory" need not necessarily refer to the circulation of the blood, for all practical purposes today it does. A… …
4circulatory — adjective Date: 1605 of or relating to circulation or the circulatory system < circulatory failure > …
5Circulatory system — This article is about the organ system. For the band, see Circulatory System. For transport in plants, see Vascular tissue. Circulatory system …
6Circulatory system of the horse — The heart of the great racehorse Phar Lap. The circulatory system of the horse consists of the heart, the blood vessels, and the blood. Contents 1 Anatomy of the circulatory system …
7failure — The state of insufficiency or nonperformance. backward heart f. a concept (formerly considered mutually exclusive with forward heart f.) that maintains that the phenomena of congestive heart f. result from passive engorgement of the veins caused… …
8heart failure — 1. a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function. 2. Also called congestive heart failure. a condition in which the heart fails to pump adequate amounts of blood to the tissues, resulting in accumulation of blood returning to the… …
9Heart failure — Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure of the heart to pump blood with normal efficiency. When this occurs, the heart is unable to provide adequate blood flow to other organs such as the brain, liver… …
10heart failure — a condition in which the pumping action of the heart is inadequate due to damaged heart valves, ventricular muscle, or both. This results in back pressure of blood, with congestion of organs. In left ventricular (or left heart) failure,… …
