CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does congestive heart failure mean? 

• CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (noun)
  The noun CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE has 1 sense:

1. inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues

  Familiarity information: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("congestive heart failure" is a kind of...):

coronary failure; heart failure (inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include blindness, obesity, hearing loss, endocrine abnormalities, cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, hepatic and renal failure.

(Alstrom Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is most commonly caused by pulmonary edema resulting from congestive heart failure.

(Dyspnea Paroxysmal Nocturnal, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is a cause of congestive heart failure.

(Dilated Cardiomyopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Eplerenone is used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.

(Eplerenone, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance used to make drugs that are used to treat several heart conditions, including congestive heart failure.

(Digitalis, NCI Dictionary)

Other heart diseases include congestive heart failure, heart rhythm problems, congenital heart disease (heart disease at birth), and endocarditis (inflamed inner layer of the heart).

(Heart disease, NCI Dictionary)

Clinical presentation includes pericardial effusion, congestive heart failure, a mass or cardiac tamponade.

(Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

If untreated, it may lead to congestive heart failure.

(Patent Ductus Arteriosus, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorthalidone is used in the treatment of high blood pressure, edema and congestive heart failure.

(Chlorthalidone, NCI Thesaurus)

In adults, this disorder may arise following a stroke, congestive heart failure, trauma, infection or the use of narcotic medications.

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)