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Dear Doctors: My husband is 74 and has congestive heart failure. He has what look like burns on his left leg. There is a lot of swelling, and his leg is leaking blood and fluid. He sees a cardiologist and has been told he should see a vascular surgeon. Why a surgeon? How would that help?
Dear Reader: Congestive heart failure is a condition where the heart is no longer able to pump blood efficiently…