A Patient with Left-Sided Heart Failure Is Hospitalized with Pulmonary

Multiple Choice

A patient with left-sided heart failure is hospitalized with pulmonary edema.The nurse providing this patient's care would consider which physiology when explaining this disorder to the patient's family?

A) The normally high-pressure pulmonary circuit can damage lung tissue and cause pulmonary edema.
B) Since pulmonary veins have no valves,blood can back up into the lungs causing pulmonary edema.
C) The oxygen-rich blood that enters the pulmonary circuit tends to increase pressures in the tissue,causing pulmonary edema.
D) The arteries of the pulmonary circuit are single layer.