A Patient Is Diagnosed with Diastolic Heart Failure

question 30

Multiple Choice

A patient is diagnosed with diastolic heart failure. What should the nurse realize is the cause of this type of heart failure? Select all that apply.

• A) Normal-sized but hypertrophied left ventricle
• B) Blood backing up into the right atrium
• C) Loss of ventricular diastolic relaxation
• D) Blood backing up into the left atrium
• E) Excessive fluid in the lower extremities

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