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Practice Exercise 1 ( 5 Questions)

Question 1 of 5 :

A 6-month-old client with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to acute viral myocarditis is admitted to the pediatric unit. Which pathophysiological mechanism should the nurse recognize as the primary cause of impaired forward cardiac output in this client?

A Severe diastolic filling restriction secondary to rigid myocardial tissue.

B Reduced systolic contractile force leading to increased end-diastolic volume and wall stretch.

C Dynamic subaortic obstruction caused by asymmetric septal hypertrophy.

D Replacement of right ventricular myocytes with fibrofatty adipose tissue.

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