MCSA Nursing Students Are Completing an Orientation to a Cardiac

question 136

Multiple Choice

MCSA Nursing students are completing an orientation to a cardiac care floor, and are reviewing th actions of several drugs used to treat angina. What statement by a student accurately describes the specific effect that the dilating of smooth muscle of veins has on the client with angina?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply

• A) " Myocardial oxygen demand is reduced."
• B) " Increases blood flow to ischemic heart tissue."
• C) " Cardiac preload is reduced."
• D) " Cardiac afterload is reduced."
• E) "A negative inotropic effect."

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