As Left Heart Failure Progresses

question 42

Multiple Choice

As left heart failure progresses:

• A) left ventricular preload increases.
• B) systemic vascular resistance decreases.
• C) left end-diastolic volume decreases.
• D) pulmonary vascular resistance decreases.

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