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Pathology - Questions 912-916

1. What causes orthopnea (dyspnea when supine) in CHF?

2. What causes Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and pulmonary edema in CHF?

3. What causes prinzmetal's variant angina?

4. What causes pulmonary congestion in CHF?

5. What causes pulmonary emboli?

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1.decreased cardiac output as blood pools in legs.
2.?
3.vasospasm of coronary vessels
4.?
5.DVT

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1. What causes orthopnea (dyspnea when supine) in CHF?
--------pooling of the blood in lungs when supine.

2. What causes Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and pulmonary edema in CHF?
-------same as the above?

3. What causes prinzmetal's variant angina?
-------vessel spasm.

4. What causes pulmonary congestion in CHF?
---------decrease cardiac output

5. What causes pulmonary emboli?
-----------venous thrombi?

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