A patient with heart failure may develop dependent edema of the lower extremities. What mechanism MOST accounts for this unusual accumulation of interstitial fluids? Question 54 options: Increased vascular permeability Failure of the lymphatics to remove tissue fluids Increased capillary hydrostatic pressure Loss of vascular proteins to the interstitium

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A patient with heart failure may develop dependent edema of the lower extremities. What mechanism MOST accounts for this unusual accumulation of interstitial fluids?

Question 54 options:

Increased vascular permeability


Failure of the lymphatics to remove tissue fluids


Increased capillary hydrostatic pressure


Loss of vascular proteins to the interstitium

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