A 73-year-old has increased pulmonary pressure resulting in right heart failure. A potential cause for the right heart to fail is:
a. hypertension.
b. left heart failure.
c. acute pneumonia.
d. pericarditis.
ANS: B
Right-sided failure often follows left-sided failure when pulmonary congestion forces backward flow of blood into the left ventricle. It is not due to hypertension, pneumonia, or pericarditis.
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