A nurse assesses clients on a cardiac unit.Which client should the nurse identify as being at greatest risk for the development of left-sided heart failure?

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Although most people with heart failure will have failure that progresses from left to right,it is possible to have left-sided failure alone for a short period.It is also possible to have heart failure that progresses from right to left.Causes of left ventricular failure include mitral or aortic valve disease,coronary artery disease,and hypertension.Pulmonary hypertension and chronic cigarette smoking are risk factors for right ventricular failure.A cerebral vascular accident does not increase the risk of heart failure.

A Nurse Assesses Clients on a Cardiac Unit