Cardiac asthma is a condition in which a patient:

A. with congestive heart failure experiences wheezing due to constricted bronchi.
B. develops acute respiratory distress when fluid suddenly accumulates in the lungs.
C. inadvertently takes too much of his or her beta-blocker, resulting in bronchospasm.

Answer: A. with congestive heart failure experiences wheezing due to constricted bronchi.