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How does left ventricular failure cause pulmonary edema.

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Heart failure is frequently the cause. Pressures in the heart rise when a sick or overworked left ventricle can't pump out enough of the blood it receives from the lungs. Fluid is pushed past the blood vessel walls and into the air sacs by the increasing pressure.

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