What is the primary use of LVADs in patients with acute heart failure?
A. To reduce blood pressure
B. To maintain a normal cardiac output until myocardial recovery or heart transplant
C. To increase heart rate
D. To cure heart failure
Select your answer:
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A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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Evaluate the consequences of a substitution mutation in the DNA sequence on the resulting protein.
A. It will always result in a non-functional protein.
B. It may result in a different amino acid being incorporated into the protein.
C. It will have no effect on the protein produced.
D. It will always cause a frameshift mutation.