heart failure
noun
1
: a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume
2
: cessation of heartbeat : death
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Pope Francis, the church's 266th pontiff, died on Easter Monday, April 21, from a stroke and heart failure at the age of 88.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
But hospice is far more routinely offered for cancer, end-stage COPD, or heart failure, while dementia — despite being just as terminal — is left out.
—Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
Just five days after his death from heart failure and a stroke, the 88-year-old's body was buried inside a church more than two miles away, Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore — or St. Mary Major.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
But hospice is far more routinely offered for cancer, end-stage COPD, or heart failure, while dementia — despite being just as terminal — is left out.
—Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
Just five days after his death from heart failure and a stroke, the 88-year-old's body was buried inside a church more than two miles away, Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore — or St. Mary Major.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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