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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His wife had died due to peripartum cardiomyopathy, a rare form of heart failure that can occur after childbirth.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure in the early morning hours at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife, actress Joanna Frank, told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure, his manager Mark Teitelbaum confirmed to Variety.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
According to Frank, with whom Rachins also shared the screen on several occasions, her husband died in his sleep of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure in the early morning hours at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife, actress Joanna Frank, told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure, his manager Mark Teitelbaum confirmed to Variety.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
According to Frank, with whom Rachins also shared the screen on several occasions, her husband died in his sleep of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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