A 1-year-old female with a ventricular septal defect is experiencing left-sided heart failure.Which of the following symptoms will most likely occur?
A) Failure to thrive and periorbital edema
B) Edema to the hands and feet
C) Weight loss and jaundice
D) Flat neck veins and increased urinary output

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Left heart failure in infants is manifested as poor feeding and sucking,often leading to failure to thrive and periorbital edema.
Left heart failure in infants is manifested as poor feeding and sucking,often leading to failure to thrive.Peripheral edema is a sign of right-sided failure.
Weight loss can occur,but not jaundice.
Flat neck veins and increased urinary output are not symptomatic of failure.

A 1-Year-Old Female with a Ventricular Septal Defect Is Experiencing