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My friend had leukemia and is starting to have heart failure. what happens with heart failure?

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Dr. Jesus Yap answered

Fluid overload: Patients with leukemia are often severely anemic . To compensate for the low blood count,plasma volume is increased and this can lead to fluid overload causing symptoms of heart failure such as difficulty in breathing and edema

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Answered 10/16/2014

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