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If a patient has mitral stenosis how will this effect heart failure risk?
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May Increase: If mitral stenosis is severe, pressure increases in the blood vessels of the lungs, resulting in heart failure with fluid accumulation in the lungs and a low level of oxygen in the blood.
Answered 8/1/2012
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