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Can high blood pressure cause pulmonary edema?
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Yes: If blood pressure gets high enough the heart cannot pump blood forward to the rest of the body. In turn blood/fluid will back up in the lungs causing pulmonary edema. This is known as a hypertensive emergency/urgency.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Absolutely: By stressing the heart, high blood pressure can cause blood to not be pumped properly (against the high pressure) and thus accumulate in the lungs, which is pulmonary edema.
Answered 10/7/2012
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