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Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale. A diagnosis of cor pulmonale should be considered if patients have: peripheral oedema. a raised venous pressure. a systolic parasternal heave. a loud pulmonary second heart sound. [2004] It is recommended that the diagnosis of cor pulmonale is made clinically and that this process should involve excluding other causes of peripheral oedema ... ................
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