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During cardiac catheterization, a hemodynamic finding of elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP >18 mmHg) indicates which condition?

Left heart failure with elevated left atrial filling pressures Right ventricular failure with normal left heart pressures Hypovolemia requiring fluid administration Pulmonary arterial hypertension from primary lung disease

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Left heart failure with elevated left atrial filling pressures

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