A patient with heart failure has been prescribed nesiritide (Natrecor). Which statement(s) is/are true regarding this medication? (Select all that apply.)
a. It increases preload.
b. Cardiac ventricles secrete this hormone in response to fluid overload.
c. It suppresses aldosterone.
d. It promotes norepinephrine secretion.
e. It causes vasodilation.
ANS: B, C, E
Nesiritide is a hormone normally secreted by the cardiac ventricles in response to fluid and pressure overload, suppresses aldosterone, and causes vasodilation. Nesiritide does not increase preload or promote norepinephrine secretion.
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