A Patient in Heart Failure Following an Acute Myocardial Infarction

question 38

Multiple Choice

A patient in heart failure following an acute myocardial infarction has a pulmonary artery flow-directed catheter inserted.Following the administration of medications to decrease preload and afterload,the nurse determines that the medications have been effective when hemodynamic measurements reveal which of the following findings?

• A) Increased SVR
• B) Increased central venous pressure
• C) Increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)
• D) Decreased PAWP

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