A nurse is the cardiac care unit is preparing to hang an intravenous dose of dofetilide (Tikosyn) for a patient who has just been admitted. What is the most likely goal of this intervention?
A) To treat sinus bradycardia accompanied by hypotension
B) To resolve the patient's uncompensated heart failure
C) To treat the patient's ventricular tachycardia
D) To convert the patient's atrial fibrillation to normal sinus rhythm
A
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