A patient who takes digoxin to treat heart failure will begin taking a vasodilator.The patient asks the nurse why this new drug has been ordered.The nurse will explain that the vasodilator is used to
A) decrease ventricular stretching.
B) improve renal perfusion.
C) increase cardiac output.
D) promote peripheral fluid loss.
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