heart failure

See also: heart-failure

English

Alternative forms

heart-failure

Noun

heart failure (uncountable)

(cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.
(cardiology, pathology) The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.

Synonyms

congestive cardiac failure
congestive heart failure

Translations

chronic inability of the heart

Catalan: fallida cardíaca f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心衰竭 (xīnshuāijié), 心臟衰竭, 心脏衰竭 (xīnzàng shuāijié), 心力衰竭 (zh) (xīnlì shuāijié)
Czech: srdeční selhání n
Danish: hjerteinsufficiens c, hjertesvigt n
Estonian: südamepuudulikkus
Finnish: sydämen vajaatoiminta
French: insuffisance cardiaque f
Galician: insuficiencia cardíaca f
German: Herzschwäche f
Italian: insufficienza cardiaca f, scompenso cardiaco m

Japanese: 心不全 (しんふぜん, shinfuzen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjertesvikt m

Nynorsk: hjartesvikt m or f
Persian: نارسایی قلب‎ (nâresâyi e qalb)
Portuguese: insuficiência cardíaca f
Romanian: insuficiență cardiacă (ro) f
Russian: серде́чная недоста́точность f (serdéčnaja nedostátočnostʹ), серде́чная сла́бость f (serdéčnaja slábostʹ)
Spanish: insuficiencia cardiaca f
Swedish: hjärtsvikt c, hjärtinsufficiens c
Turkish: kalp yetmezliği

cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest

Chinese:
Mandarin: 心臟停搏, 心脏停搏 (xīnzàng tíngbó), 心臟驟停, 心脏骤停 (xīnzàng zhòutíng), 心搏驟停, 心搏骤停) (xīnbó zhòutíng)
Danish: hjertestop (da) n, hjerteslag n
Finnish: sydämenpysähdys (fi)

German: Herzversagen (de) n
Russian: остано́вка се́рдца f (ostanóvka sérdca), инфа́ркт (ru) m (infárkt), инфа́ркт миока́рда m (infárkt miokárda)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: infarkt (sh) m, zatajenje srca n, infarkt miokarda m

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