You have administered a medication to a patient, resulting in a decreased speed of cardiac impulse conduction. This drug is most accurately described as having a ________ effect
A) negative dromotropic
B) negative chronotropic
C) positive dromotropic
D) positive chronotropic
Answer: A) negative dromotropic
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