Right-Sided vs. Left-Sided Heart Failure 🫀🩺💔 💨 Left-sided = THINK lungs Left side pumps to the body, so when it fails, it backs up into the lungs = PULMONARY Symptoms Trouble breathing (dyspnea), orthopnea, crackles in the lungs, and frothy blood-tinged sputum 💦 Right-sided = THINK rest of the body Right side receives from the body, so when it fails, it backs up into the body = VENOUS Symptoms Swelling in the legs and hands, JVD, ascites, hepatomegaly *Side note: Right-sided HF typically ha