Chapter 18 - Cardiovascular System: The Heart

-systemic edema occurs (swelling in hands, feet, ankles, etc)-left side heart failure -right ventricle continues to propel blood to lungs-left ventricle can’t adequately eject blood to body-blood vessels in lungs become engorged-fluid leaks into tissue –pulmonary congestion/edema results-untreated, person suffocates. G. Blood pressure. 1. ................
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