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If you have regurgitaion on your retrial valve ..can it cause you to suffer from pulmonay hypertension?
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Yes: Mitral valve regurgitation if severe enough can cause pulmonary hypertension.
Answered 10/31/2012
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Yes: Mitral regurgitation can cause back up of blood into your lungs and thus increase in the pulmonary artery pressures. Treatment of the mitral regurgitaton is usually associated with improvement of the phtn.
Answered 11/17/2012
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