Heart Failure Signs Quiz

What is considered to occur when the heart cannot adequately meet the body’s circulatory needs?

• Kidney failure

• Lung disease

• Heart failure

• High blood pressure

Which signs are associated with right-sided heart failure?

• Systemic venous hypertension

• Low cardiac output

• Edema

• Pulmonary venous engorgement

What causes signs of biventricular failure in some animals?

• High left-heart filling pressure

• Low output signs

• Pulmonary arterial pressure

• Systemic capillary hydrostatic pressure

What can promote the development of right-sided congestive signs in chronic left-sided congestive heart failure?

• Systemic venous hypertension

• High filling pressures

• Low cardiac output

• Pulmonary venous hypertension

Why are signs of low cardiac output similar regardless of which ventricle is affected?

• Output from the left heart is coupled to that from the right heart

• High venous pressure

• Systemic capillary hydrostatic pressure

• Pulmonary venous engorgement