When Caring for a Chronic Heart Failure Person with Left-Sided

question 9

Multiple Choice

When caring for a chronic heart failure person with left-sided failure, the nurse would most likely hear which of the following statements from the doctor after a cardiac catheterisation?

• A)'Pressures in the left ventricle and atrium are decreased.'
• B)'Pressures in the left ventricle and atrium are increased.'
• C)'Pressures in the right ventricle and ventricle are decreased.'
• D)'Pressures in the right ventricle and atrium match the left ventricle pressures.'

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