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A Patient with a History of Mitral Valve Replacement,hypertension,and Type

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A patient with a history of mitral valve replacement,hypertension,and type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoes emergency surgery to remove an embolus in her right leg.Which factor contraindicates the use of epidural analgesia in this patient?


A) Anticoagulant therapy
B) Diabetes mellitus
C) Hypertension
D) Embolectomy

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