A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency department following a stab wound to the right chest. He is in severe respiratory distress with blood pressure 88/52 mmHg, heart rate 132/min, and absent breath sounds on the right side. Chest examination reveals hyperresonance on the right and tracheal deviation to the left. A portable chest X-ray is obtained showing the findings marked in the diagram. The structure marked **B** (mediastinal shift to the contralateral side) is a critical radiological sign indicating which of the following hemodynamic consequences?
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