This client has Left-sided systolic and diastolic heart failure.

Other disorders you should be able to explain using this flow chart include:

Right-sided systolic and diastolic heart failure

Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies

Atrial or ventricular septal defect

Mitral stenosis and regurgitation

Aortic stenosis and regurgitation

Cor pulmonale

 

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