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Progressive Care Nursing PCCN Exam Prep

Category - PCCN

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A patient presented to medical OPD with all the signs and symptoms of heart failure. His echocardiography showed increased right ventricle workload, right ventricle hypertrophy, displaced interventricular septum and tricuspid regurgitation. What is the most important test to confirm the diagnosis in this regard?

ECG
Chest x-ray
Echocardiography (already done)
Right-sided cardiac catheterization

Explanation

Answer- D - The most important test for patient presenting with symptoms of heart failure is right-sided cardiac catheterization because this will tell about the blood pressure in the right side of heart and will confirm the diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension which is responsible for all these changes in heart structure and function.

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