Shock and heart failure · Physiology

Right-sided heart failure is most often a consequence of:

  1. Systemic hypertension
  2. Left-sided heart failure
  3. Aortic valve stenosis
  4. Myocardial infarction of left ventricle only
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Correct answer: Left-sided heart failure

Right-sided heart failure commonly develops secondary to left-sided failure. Pulmonary hypertension increases right ventricular workload.

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