The nurse is monitoring a patient with aortic stenosis and notes crackles in the lungs and a cough. Which complication should the nurse suspect is occurring in this patient?
a. Pneumonia
b. Heart failure
c. Hypertension
d. Rheumatic fever
ANS: B
Heart failure can occur with heart valve disorders. Lung symptoms are indicative of heart failure. A. C. D. Change in lung sounds and a cough does not necessarily indicate the development of pneumonia, hypertension, or rheumatic fever.
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