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Is the patient's functional limitation related primarily to cardiocirculatory impairment secondary to severe mitral stenosis or to her respiratory comorbidities?
Is the patient's functional limitation related primarily to cardiocirculatory impairment secondary to severe mitral stenosis or to her respiratory comorbidities?
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This case highlights the diagnostic challenge of differentiating cardiac versus pulmonary causes of exercise intolerance in patients with complex cardiopulmonary comorbidities to guide surgical decision-making.
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Rocha et al. (2018) studied this question.
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