A Nurse Caring for Clients with Heart Failure Must Be

Multiple Choice

A nurse caring for clients with heart failure must be aware of the compensatory mechanisms activated in heart failure.Which physiology is not associated with the neuroendocrine compensatory mechanism?

A) Increased cardiac workload causes myocardial muscle to hypertrophy and ventricles to dilate.
B) Decreased CO stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and catecholamine release.
C) Decreased CO and decreased renal perfusion stimulate the renin-angiotensin system.
D) Antidiuretic hormone is released from posterior pituitary.