When there is resistance to left ventricular filling, blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation. What does this cause?
A) Flash pulmonary edema
B) Right-sided heart failure
C) Right ventricular hypertrophy
D) Left-sided heart failure
Ans: A
Feedback: With increased resistance to left ventricular filling, blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation. The patient quickly develops pulmonary edema, sometimes called "flash pulmonary edema," from the blood volume overload in the lungs. When the blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation, right-sided heart failure, left-sided heart failure, and right ventricular hypertrophy do not happen.
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