The nurse working in the ICU knows that chronic elevation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure will result in the patient displaying which of the following clinical manifestations?
A)
Chest pain and intermittent ventricular tachycardia
B)
Dyspnea and crackles in bilateral lung bases
C)
Petechia and spontaneous bleeding
D)
Muscle cramping and cyanosis in the feet
Ans:
B
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Although it may preserve the resting cardiac output, the resulting chronic elevation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is transmitted to the atria and the pulmonary circulation, causing pulmonary congestion.
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