The nurse reinforced teaching for a patient with aortic stenosis. Which of these, if stated by a patient, indicates to the nurse correct understanding of what happens in aortic stenosis?
a. "There is backflow of blood into the right ventricle."
b. "There is backflow of blood into the left ventricle."
c. "There is impaired emptying of the right ventricle."
d. "There is impaired emptying of the left ventricle."
ANS: D
Blood flow from the left ventricle into the aorta is obstructed through the stenosed aortic valve, and the left ventricle fails to move blood forward.
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