Heart Failure
Post-Test for Heart Failure
Jennifer Kong
1. After 30+ years with an aortic valve that is difficult to open, this 65-year-old woman is showing signs of left-sided heart failure that has progressed to right side. Select all of the signs and symptoms she might be experiencing.
- Pulmonary edema
- Veins in neck are very full and distended
- Overall weakness and low tolerance to activity
- Swollen legs and feet
- Difficulty breathing with increased respiratory rate
- Strong pulses with warm, flushed skin
2. Right sided heart failure will have pulmonary (lungs) symptoms.
- True
- False
3. Fill in the blanks.
Concentric hypertrophy occurs when there is high _____, causing the myocytes to get larger and fatter. Eccentric hypertrophy occurs when there is high _____ causing the myocytes to become longer and thinner.
Answer Key
- Pulmonary edema, veins in neck are very full and distended, overall weakness and low tolerance to activity, swollen legs and feet, difficulty breathing with increased respiratory rate
- True
- Afterload/resistance, volume
