To save additional heart muscle from dying when a patient suffers an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), what treatment must occur?
A) Increasing the heart rate
B) Lowering of the blood pressure
C) Relieving the obstruction in the coronary arteries
D) Opening blood flow between the atria and ventricles
C
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