A nurse assesses a client with mitral valve stenosis.What clinical manifestation should alert the nurse to the possibility that the client's stenosis has progressed?

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Dyspnea on exertion develops as the mitral valvular orifice narrows and pressure in the lungs increases.The other manifestations do not relate to the progression of mitral valve stenosis.

A Nurse Assesses a Client with Mitral Valve Stenosis