When heart failure develops, what is the initial compensatory mechanism of the heart that maintains cardiac output?
a. Sympathetic stimulation
b. Parasympathetic stimulation
c. Renin-angiotensin activation system (RAAS)
d. Myocardial hypertrophy
Ans: d. Myocardial hypertrophy
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