What is the difference between pulmonary hypertension and essential hypertension?

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis

Drea has never had alcohol but she believes her friends when they tell her that almost everyone at school drinks on a every day basis. in reality, very few students at school drink alcohol

True or false counting your pulse can be more accurately performed by applying light pressure to an artery that is close to the surface of the skin