The resting cardiac heart rate of a cardiac transplant patient is 90 to 110 beats/min because of
A) increased metabolic demands.
B) altered oxygenation of the heart.
C) the loss of vagal tone.
D) increased compensatory mechanisms of the heart.
C
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