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This is a sign of right-sided heart failure due to backing up of blood into the inferior vena cava causing fluid accumulation in the liver.
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Hepatomegaly
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This is a sign of macrocytic anaemia which occurs in B12 or folate deficiency, hypothyroidism and chronic alcohol use. Anaemia associated with heart failure is more likely to be microcytic or normocytic.
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Pins and needles
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This is a sign of pulmonary oedema, which occurs in left-sided heart failure because the blood backs up into the pulmonary veins from the left heart chambers.
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Shortness of breath worse when lying flat
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This is a sign of right-sided heart failure due to backing up of blood into the superior and inferior vena cavas, causing fluid to leak out of blood vessels into peripheral tissues.
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Bilateral pedal oedema
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This is a sign of right-sided heart failure due to backing up of blood into the superior vena cava.
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Raised jugular venous pressure (JVP)
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Heart Failure
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Cardiology
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A 70-year-old gentleman with a history of heart attack presents with symptoms suggestive of left-sided heart failure.

Which of these is a symptom more suggestive of left-sided heart failure, as opposed to right-sided heart failure?
a