{"id":1453,"date":"2021-08-25T00:47:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T04:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pathology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1453"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:17:36","slug":"post-test-for-heart-failure","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pathology\/chapter\/post-test-for-heart-failure\/","title":{"raw":"Post-Test for Heart Failure","rendered":"Post-Test for Heart Failure"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"h5p\">[h5p id=\"1\"]<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"pdf\"><strong>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. 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