All heart failure synonyms

noun heart failure

• heart attack — damage to an area of heart muscle that is deprived of oxygen, usually due to blockage of a diseased coronary artery, typically accompanied by chest pain radiating down one or both arms, the severity of the attack varying with the extent and location of the damage; myocardial infarction.
• asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
• congestive heart failure — heart failure characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and abnormal congestion in the circulatory system, esp. in the lungs or lower legs
• coronary thrombosis — A coronary thrombosis is the same as a coronary.
• myocardial infarction — heart attack. Abbreviation: MI.
• tachycardia — excessively rapid heartbeat.
• cardiac arrest — A cardiac arrest is a heart attack.