Having a congested chest can be uncomfortable to say the least. And when you’re feeling under the weather, you want to know how to feel better fast. Luckily, there are several doctor-recommended ...

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Medically reviewed by Farah Khan, MD Asthma can cause excess mucus buildup in the lungs, leading to chest congestion. It ...

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pulmonary congestion or pulmonary edema. As HF progresses, chronic elevation of pulmonary pressures lead to the development of right ventricular failure. The negative feedback mechanisms outline ...

Increased preload and an inability of the heart to accept or eject the increased blood volume efficiently result in systemic or pulmonary congestion (or both). Peripheral hypoperfusion and ...

Obesity may hamper accurate clinical assessment of congestion (inability to identify ... measured central venous pressure (CVP) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, while such worsening was ...

Chest congestion is usually caused by excess mucus in the airways, says Meilan King Han, M.D., M.S., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of ...