The nurse is conducting a health history on a client with heart failure. Which of the following conditions in the client's health history is a precipitating cause of heart failure?
A)Hyperthyroidism
B)Anemia
C)Hypovolemia
D)Diabetes

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Anemia is a precipitating cause of heart failure. Also, hypovolemia and hypothyroidism are precipitating causes. Diabetes is not a precipitating cause of heart failure.

The Nurse Is Conducting a Health History on a Client