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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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