A nurse cares for a client who has an 80% blockage of the right coronary artery (RCA)and is scheduled for bypass surgery.Which intervention should the nurse be prepared to implement while this client waits for surgery?

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The RCA supplies the right atrium,the right ventricle,the inferior portion of the left ventricle,and the atrioventricular (AV)node.It also supplies the sinoatrial node in 50% of people.If the client totally occludes the RCA,the AV node would not function and the client would go into heart block,so emergency pacing should be available for the client.Furosemide,intubation,and central venous access will not address the primary complication of RCA occlusion,which is AV node malfunction.

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