Sentence examples for heart unable to from inspiring English sources

Obesity also strains the heart and can lead to heart failure — a heart unable to pump the blood necessary to supply the body with adequate oxygen and nutrients.

Though she had been completely asymptomatic during her time away from basketball, her heart was now in ventricular tachycardia, a condition that leaves the heart unable to deliver blood and oxygen to the body's organs efficiently.

Blood pressure that is lower during the treadmill exercise than when the person is standing at rest often indicates severe coronary disease — a heart unable to meet the demand — and has been linked to a threefold increase in the risk of a cardiac event within two years, a study of 2,036 patients showed.

Liam Kelly's first-half penalty gave Kilmarnock victory, with Hearts unable to convert a series of chances after the break.

In congestive heart failure, the heart is unable to pump effectively.

Heart failure, often called congestive heart failure, occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to maintain blood flow to meet the body needs.

Heart failure (HF) is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the need of the body.

The European Society of Cardiology ESCC) state that there is no exclusive definition of Heart Failure although it is recognised as a syndrome in which abnormal cardiac function is a cause for the heart being unable to pump blood at the rate required to meet the needs of the metabolizing tissues [ 2].

The only treatment for damaged valves is to surgically repair or replace them; if left untreated, the heart becomes unable to pump blood, and patients essentially drown from fluid in their lungs.

Grotesquely obese, they suffer from ascites (a build-up of fluid in the abdomen, caused by the heart being unable to pump it around their engorged bodies), hip disorders such as femoral head necrosis (where the top of the leg bone disintegrates due to bacterial infection) and 'sudden death syndrome' (acute heart failure) - all the result of selective breeding for rapid weight gain.

The first condition occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs and it is becoming more common with the increase in the average age of the population.