The mere mention of the words "heart failure" can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.

一提到“心力衰竭”几个字，外行人就会想到立即死亡。

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Death was not instantaneous because none of the bullets hit the heart.

因为没有一颗子弹射中心脏，所以没有即刻死亡。

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Soot pollution can irritate the lungs, worsen conditions like asthma and increase the risks of heart attacks and premature death.

煤烟污染会刺激肺部，使哮喘等病情恶化，增加心脏病发作和过早死亡的风险。

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

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Between extremities Man runs his course; A brand, or flaming breath, Comes to destroy All those antinomies Of day and night; The body calls it death, The heart remorse.

在极端和极端之中,人走完了他的历程；,火炮，或火热的呼吸，都会来摧毁、来消灭,白天和黑夜,的自相矛盾；,身躯称它为死亡，心儿称它为悔恨。

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After all, if you rip out your gun, shoot me in the heart, I bleed to death, we still have a human body in front of us.

毕竟你拔出枪,击中我的心脏,我失血而亡,我还是保持着肉体的形式

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The biggest-selling diabetes drug in the world dramatically increases the risk of heart attacks and death from heart problems, according to an analysis by a top cardiologist published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.

FORBES: Glaxo's Drug Disaster?

So the use of the device changed the cause of death but not the overall number of deaths in this early period after a heart attack.

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Assigned with his brother Maurice to the Sonderkommando, Shlomo Venezia survived six months at the heart of the death machine set up by the Nazis to destroy the Jewish people.

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