The nurse is caring for a client with right-sided heart failure who asks the nurse what caused the heart failure. Which of the following causes is the primary cause of right-sided heart failure?
A)Cor pulmonale
B)Chronic pulmonary hypertension
C)Left-sided heart failure
D)Acute decompensated heart failure

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The primary cause of right-sided failure is left-sided failure. In this situation, left-sided failure results in pulmonary congestion and increased pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs (pulmonary hypertension).

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Right-Sided Heart