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Heart failure (left ventricular)

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This type of heart failure is dominated by pulmonary oedema.

The commonest causes of left ventricular failure are:

  • myocardial ischaemia
  • hypertension
  • aortic stenosis or aortic incompetence
  • mitral incompetence

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