A 68-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department Due

question 222

Multiple Choice

A 68-year-old man is brought to the emergency department due to sudden-onset, severe right lower extremity pain.  On physical examination, the right leg is pale and cold to the touch with absent distal pulses.  Cardiac auscultation reveals an irregular tachycardia, and ECG shows atrial fibrillation.  Right lower extremity ultrasonography reveals an arterial embolus.  Intravenous heparin infusion is initiated.  This medication is most likely to cause which of the following coagulation changes?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D

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