A cardiac patient's resistance to left ventricular filling has caused blood to back up into the patient's circulatory system. What health problem is likely to result?
A) Acute pulmonary edema
B) Right-sided HF
C) Right ventricular hypertrophy
D) Left-sided HF
Ans: A
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With increased resistance to left ventricular filling, blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation. The patient quickly develops pulmonary edema from the blood volume overload in the lungs. When the blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation, right-sided HF, left-sided HF, and right ventricular hypertrophy do not directly occur.
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