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Question

A 37-year-old woman with right lower extremity edema is evaluated because of the sudden onset of shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. A diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is made. Which of the following signs, if present on physical examination, would be the most specific indicator of pulmonary arterial hypertension in this patient?

Options

  • AIncreased jugular venous pressure
  • BP louder than A
  • CPeripheral edema
  • DPresence of an S
  • EPulmonary crackles

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