Why is acute pain particularly dangerous for a patient having a heart attack?
A) Release of endorphins causes dangerous elevation of blood pressure.
B) Release of substance P narrows the airways and leads to hypoxemia.
C) Release of prostaglandins lowers the patient's heart rate and blood pressure.
D) Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system will increase cardiac workload.
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