A health-care provider determines that a client is experiencing symptoms such as jugular venous distension, ascites, hepatomegaly, and ankle and sacral edema. Which condition does the health-care provider identify?

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These symptoms are indicative of cor pulmonale, a condition where the right side of the heart fails due to high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries, often caused by chronic lung diseases. Pulmonary hypertension is a related condition but specifically refers to the high blood pressure in the lungs' arteries, not necessarily the heart failure aspect. Asthma and chronic hypoxia can contribute to the development of cor pulmonale but are not characterized by these symptoms directly.

A Health-Care Provider Determines That a Client Is Experiencing Symptoms