In administering an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor to a patient with heart failure, the nurse correlates its effectiveness to which mechanism of action?
A) Reduce afterload
B) Decrease preload
C) Increase contractility
D) Control sympathetic nervous system response to decreased cardiac output
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