Nitroglycerin relieves cardiac-related chest pain by:

A. dilating the coronary arteries and improving cardiac blood flow.
B. increasing the amount of work that is placed on the myocardium.
C. contracting the smooth muscle of the coronary and cerebral arteries.
D. constricting the coronary arteries and improving cardiac blood flow.


Answer: A. dilating the coronary arteries and improving cardiac blood flow.

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