Discusses the relationship between structural obstruction to pulmonary venous outflow, such as in mitral stenosis, and the development of pulmonary hypertension due to anatomic obstructive factors in the pulmonary vascular tree.
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Links mitral stenosis venous obstruction to PH; leaves open relative roles of fixed versus reactive vasculopathy in current cohorts.
Jesse E. Edwards (1951) studied this question.
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