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Title: Your patient is an 84-year-old male with difficulty breathing and peripheral edema. He tells you he Post by: lovesong on Nov 7, 2015 Your patient is an 84-year-old male with difficulty breathing and peripheral edema. He tells you he has been suffering for many years with "heart failure" and his condition is worsening, especially with trouble breathing at night. Your knowledge of cardiovascular physiology suggests that his condition could have resulted from the failure of either the right or left side of his heart. Which chamber of the heart is the strongest, most muscular part of the heart and is primarily responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to the rest of the body?
A) Right ventricle B) Left atrium C) Right atrium D) Left ventricle Title: Re: Your patient is an 84-year-old male with difficulty breathing and peripheral edema. He tells you Post by: sarasa on Nov 18, 2015 Content hidden
Title: Re: Your patient is an 84-year-old male with difficulty breathing and peripheral edema. He tells you he Post by: lovesong on Nov 26, 2015 Yay! Makes total sense now, thank you.
Title: Re: Your patient is an 84-year-old male with difficulty breathing and peripheral edema. He tells you he Post by: sarasa on Nov 28, 2015 Thanks for the feedback, I feel more confident now with the other answers I provided.
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