Combined Science GCSE
Heart failure
What Heart failure means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Heart failure
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Reference: AQA
A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood effectively around the body.
Topics that use Heart failure
Related terms
- Artificial heart
- Mechanical valve
- Biological valve
- Coronary heart disease
- Donor heart and heart-lung transplantation
- Faulty heart valve
- Leaky valve
- Organ shortage
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