'heart failure' definitions:
Definition of 'heart failure'
(from WordNet)
noun
Inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions [syn: heart failure, coronary failure]
Synonyms of 'heart failure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angina,
- angina pectoris,
- aortic insufficiency,
- aortic stenosis,
- apoplectic stroke,
- apoplexy,
- arrhythmia,
- arteriosclerosis,
- atherosclerosis,
- atrial fibrillation,
- auricular fibrillation,
- beriberi heart,
- cardiac arrest,
- cardiac insufficiency,
- cardiac shock,
- cardiac stenosis,
- cardiac thrombosis,
- carditis,
- congenital heart disease,
- cor biloculare,
- cor juvenum,
- cor triatriatum,
- coronary,
- coronary insufficiency,
- coronary thrombosis,
- diastolic hypertension,
- encased heart,
- endocarditis,
- extrasystole,
- fatty heart,
- fibroid heart,
- flask-shaped heart,
- frosted heart,
- hairy heart,
- heart attack,
- heart block,
- heart condition,
- heart disease,
- high blood pressure,
- hypertension,
- hypertensive heart disease,
- ischemic heart disease,
- mitral insufficiency,
- mitral stenosis,
- myocardial infarction,
- myocardial insufficiency,
- myocarditis,
- myovascular insufficiency,
- ox heart,
- palpitation,
- paralytic stroke,
- paroxysmal tachycardia,
- pericarditis,
- pile,
- premature beat,
- pseudoaortic insufficiency,
- pulmonary insufficiency,
- pulmonary stenosis,
- rheumatic heart disease,
- round heart,
- sclerosis,
- stony heart,
- stroke,
- tachycardia,
- thrombosis,
- tricuspid insufficiency,
- tricuspid stenosis,
- turtle heart,
- varicose veins,
- varix,
- ventricular fibrillation