If the left side of the heart were failing, how would this change the pressure that the right side of the heart needed to generate to continue moving blood into the pulmonary circuit?

What role does alcohol play in your life? your friends? family? what role do you think it should play? how much alcohol is too much?

Mr. wayne is a 38-year-old man with a significant history of elevated cholesterol levels. his father died at age 42 from a massive heart attack secondary to elevated cholesterol and triglycerides, and two of his older siblings are currently taking medications to lower their cholesterol levels. mr. wayne makes an appointment to discuss his risk for hypercholesterolemia. the nurse recognizes that mr. wayne is at risk for familial hypercholesterolemia because this is an autoomal dominant inherited condition. a. describe the pattern of autosomal dominant inheritance. b. mr. wayne asks what chance his children have of developing familial hypercholesterolemia. how should the nurse respond? c. explain the phenomenon of penetrance observed in autosomal dominant inheritance.

Where does systemic venous blood enter the heart? a. right ventricle b. left atrium c. right atrium d. left ventricle