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Why as left atrial pressure increases, does pulmonary vascular resistance decrease?
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To accomodate increa: To accommodate an increased volume of blood and prevent increased pulmonary capillary pressures that would cause fluid to go from the capillaries into the lungs and cause congestive heart.
Answered 6/16/2014
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