The client has a consistent and regular heart rate of 128 beats/min. What physiologic alterations would be consistent with this finding?
A. A decrease in cardiac output and blood pressure
B. An increase in cardiac output and blood pressure
C. An increase in blood pressure and decrease in cardiac output
D. A decrease in blood pressure and increase in cardiac output
A
Consistent tachydysrhythmias initially cause blood pressure and cardiac output to increase. But as a consistent rise in heart rate decreases ventricular filling time, cardiac output, and blood pressure decrease.
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