The nurse would explain the etiology of heart failure after myocardial infarction (MI) as
a. impairment of the contractile function of the ventricle.
b. inability of the heart chambers to fill adequately.
c. increased myocardial workload.
d. increased oxygen demands of the myocardium.
A
Heart failure is a physiologic state in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the metabolic needs of the body. It results from changes in systolic or diastolic function of the left ventricle. After an MI, some of the heart muscle is replaced by noncontracting scar tissue, and the ventricles pump less efficiently.
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