The nurse, caring for a patient diagnosed with Prinzmetal's or variant angina, realizes this is a serious type of chest pain. Why is this so?
A) It indicates presence of coronary artery spasm.
B) It indicates there is associated renal disease.
C) It indicates there is associated pulmonary disease.
D) It indicates the presence of a myocardial infarction.
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