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Can you tell me how heart failure lead to chronic lung disease?
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It doesn't: It doesn't cause lung disease but chronic pulmonary congestion due to heart failure causes shortness of breath.
Answered 7/10/2014
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Resistance: Lungs are low resistance organs with failure of the heart to pump or fill the lungs are exposed to increased pressure which in time injures them
Answered 12/22/2014
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