The Nurse Is Contributing to the Plan of Care for a Patient

The nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a patient who has aortic stenosis. The nurse understands that during data collection, monitoring for signs of heart failure should be done. Heart failure occurs as a complication of aortic stenosis due to which of the following?

A) Cardiac workload is increased from reduced cardiac output.
B) Cardiac workload is increased from increased cardiac output.
C) Cardiac workload is decreased from reduced cardiac output.
D) Cardiac workload is decreased from increased cardiac output.