A cardiac patients resistance to left ventricular filling has caused blood to back up into the patients circulatory system. What health problem is likely to result?

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With increased resistance to left ventricular filling, blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation. The patient quickly develops pulmonary edema from the blood volume overload in the lungs. When the blood backs up into the pulmonary circulation, right-sided HF, left-sided HF, and right ventricular hypertrophy do not directly occur.

A Cardiac Patients Resistance to Left Ventricular Filling Has Caused