When Planning Care for This Client, Which Does the Nurse

Multiple Choice

When planning care for this client, which does the nurse understand about systolic heart failure?

A) Occurs when the ventricle fails to contract adequately to eject a sufficient volume of blood into the arterial system
B) Results when the heart cannot completely relax in diastole, disrupting normal filling
C) Decreases passive diastolic filling, increasing the importance of atrial contraction to preload
D) Results from decreased ventricular compliance caused by hypertrophic and cellular changes and impaired relaxation of the heart muscle