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The intensive care nurse is performing a cardiac assessment on a newly admitted older adult client and notes the following findings: peripheral edema, jugular venous distention of 5 cm above the sternal angle when the client is at a 45-degree angle, and an enlarged liver. Based on this data, which diagnosis does the nurse suspect?
1. Pulmonary edema.
2. Left-sided heart failure.
3. Myocardial infarction.
4. Right-sided heart failure.

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