The Nurse Is Performing Cardiac Assessment on a 65-Year-Old Patient

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is performing cardiac assessment on a 65-year-old patient 3 days after the patient had a myocardial infarction.Heart sounds are normal when she is supine,but while the patient is sitting and leaning forward,the nurse hears a high-pitched,scratchy sound at the apex with the diaphragm of the stethoscope.The sound disappears on inspiration.The nurse suspects:

• A)increased cardiac output.
• B)another myocardial infarction.
• C)inflammation of the precordium.
• D)ventricular hypertrophy resulting from muscle damage.

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