A Patient Asks the Surgical Nurse Why the Anesthesiologist Asked

A patient asks the surgical nurse why the anesthesiologist asked if a member of his family ever had hyperthermia during surgery. The nurse responds that malignant hyperthermia is a life-threatening crisis that:

A) is transmitted in an autosomal recessive pattern.
B) is transmitted in an autosomal dominant pattern.
C) is an X-linked trait.
D) is caused by an extra chromosome.