How to Use heart failure in a Sentence

heart failure

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Definition of heart failurenext
  • Flynt died last year from heart failure at the age of 78.
    — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The cause was heart failure, said her daughter Nana Gatlin.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • His wife, Julie Robards, said the cause was heart failure.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 3 June 2024
  • Such strain can weaken the heart muscle and be a cause of heart failure.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The risk of heart failure remained the same for drinking no coffee or one cup per day in the third study.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The Hamilton County Coroner said the cause of death was heart failure.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 31 July 2021
  • The cause was heart failure, said his daughter, Tania Harris.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • His friend Maggie McCormick said the cause was heart failure.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • But heart failure can also cause fluid to build up in and around the airways.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • His wife, Jill Costelloe Birinyi, said the cause was chronic heart failure.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • His wife, composer Joan Huang, says the cause was heart failure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Exactly eight months ago, my beloved dad (and my #1 fan) died of heart failure at age 89.
    — Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The cause was heart failure, his wife, Susan Kallstrom, said.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 July 2021
  • The cause was heart failure, her son Peter Wasserman said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Her daughter, Carol Lashof, said the cause was heart failure.
    — Alex Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
  • The cause was heart failure, said Pedro da Silva, a friend and bandmate.
    — Annabelle Williams, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Their bond grew stronger after their father, Steve, died of heart failure last year.
    — David Aaro, ajc, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Resnik died Sunday night from heart failure at Swedish Covenant Hospital at the age of 66.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Her son, Sid Bobb, said the cause was complications of heart failure.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Shortly after, all four of them die from heart failure.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 July 2022
  • During the initial stages of heart failure, calcium flow to the heart starts to falter.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 14 May 2024
  • Bentley Ellis died of heart failure on Dec. 13 at age 76.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Her death, in a hospital, was caused by heart failure, her brother, Jonathan, said.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Two years later her husband of 25 years, Sergio Marten, died of heart failure at age 57.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The cause was heart failure, his daughter Nancy Holzman said.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Evans died in July of heart failure, a few months after the Hall of Fame announced he would be inducted.
    — Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • This disrupts the heart’s electrical rhythms, and the animals die of heart failure.
    — Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • In June, that team published an analysis of what led to Bennett’s heart failure.
    — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Chest pain, weakness and light-headedness, shortness of breath, and pain in your arms and shoulders are a few signs of heart failure.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Depositphotos View 1 Images Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024

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