You are admitting a 22-year-old client who is experiencing palpitations, light-headedness, and fatigue. She has congested lungs and frothy sputum, consistent with heart failure. Her health care provider has diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy
Which type of cardiomyopathy is she most likely experiencing? 1. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
2. Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
3. Dilated cardiomyopathy
4. Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Rationale: Due to her age and clinical manifestations, this client has arrhythmogenic right
ventricular cardiomyopathy. Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis is most frequently manifested with sudden cardiac death. She is too young for dilated cardiomyopathy and does not have the risk factors for restrictive cardiomyopathy.
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