You are treating a 62-year-old female patient who is complaining of shortness of breath, chest pain, and is coughing up a frothy sputum. You would suspect this patient has:

A. right sided congestive heart failure
B. left sided congestive heart failure
C. emphysema
D. pneumonia


Ans: B. left sided congestive heart failure

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