congestive heart failure
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"One major reason we treat severe coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction is to prevent left ventricular dysfunction and progression to congestive heart failure," said Dr. Reeves.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
“To Absent Friends” draws its title from a favorite Welty toast, a gesture that surely acquired special poignancy after Lyell died of congestive heart failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
His personal assistant Joan Clancy confirmed that he died on Sunday from congestive heart failure in Kingston Hospital, New York state.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
An ABC News affiliate in Los Angeles explained that Black “was in a wheelchair, suffering from dementia, brain damage, kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and other conditions.”
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025
He was 55 years old, very obese, had dangerously high blood pressure poorly controlled with medication, and was going into congestive heart failure.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve