congestive heart failure
11congestive heart failure — condition in which the heart does not pump properly and causes an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, CHF (Medicine) …
12congestive heart failure — Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues …
13congestive cardiac failure — CCF; = congestive heart failure; see heart failure …
14Heart failure — Classification and external resources The major signs and symptoms of heart failure. ICD 10 I5 …
15heart 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… …
16Heart 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… …
17heart failure — noun a) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath. b) The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest. Syn: congestive cardiac failure,… …
18heart failure — noun inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions • Syn: ↑coronary failure • Hypernyms: ↑heart disease, ↑cardiopathy, ↑failure • Hyponyms: ↑congestive heart failure, ↑ …
19heart failure — n. congestive; massive heart failure * * * [ hɑːtˌfeɪljə] massive heart failure massive heart failure congestive …
20heart 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,… …
