Mr. G talks in short bursts with frequent breaths. He tells you he used to feel

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Mr. G talks in short bursts with frequent breaths. He tells you he used to feel breathless when he was walking, but now he has been having more and more trouble breathing When you listened to his lungs you heard fluid in therm. Could this be due to his heart failure, or is it another problem? Choose the best answer. If the left side of the heart fails, it will not pump enough blood to the body, and that means less blood will reach the right side of the heart and be set to the The left side of the heart does not have anything to do with the lungs, but if it fails, the right side is going to fail too and then through the lungs will decrease The left side of the heart receives bloods from lungs and pumps it out the body, so if if fails, blood will remain in the lungs The left side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs, so if it fails, circulation in the lungs will decreases.

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The left side of the heart receives blood from lungs and pumps it out to the body , so if it fails, blood will remain in the lungs(c). This condition will increase the pressure inside the veins of lungs, which then cause the fluid accumulation in lungs. This condition results in the shortness of breath as well as pulmonary edema.

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