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Whate is the causes of the chronic venuos congestion in lung?

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Dr. John Garner answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Left heart failure: When people use that term, they usually mean passive lung congestion - left heart failure is the most common cause (there's usually a diagnosis of "congestive heart failure"). Mitral stenosis and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease round out the list. Most other lung constrictive processes occur at the arteriolar level or before, so it's important to be very specific about the terminology here.

Answered 3/2/2014

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Dr. Mathew Chengot answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Heart failure : Not =well treated heart failure can cause chronic venous congestion.

Answered 9/28/2016

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