The nurse assesses a client who has received thrombolytic therapy after having a myocardial infarction.Which clinical manifestation indicates to the nurse that reperfusion has been successful?

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The nurse monitors for the following indications of clot lysis and artery reperfusion: cessation of chest pain,sudden onset of ventricular dysrhythmias,resolution of ST-segment depression,and a peak of markers of myocardial damage at 12 hours.Pleuritic chest pain would not occur.ST-segment depression should not occur owing to reperfusion.The client may become less diaphoretic as he or she stabilizes,but this is not a classic sign of reperfusion.

The Nurse Assesses a Client Who Has Received Thrombolytic Therapy