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While assessing a critically ill patient in the emergency department, the nurse notes on the cardiac monitor an R-on-T premature ventricular beat that develops into ventricular tachycardia (VT).
 
  Immediately, the patient became unresponsive. The nurse knows that based on pathophysiologic principles, the most likely cause of the unresponsiveness is
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  metabolic acidosis that occurs spontaneously following any dysrhythmias.
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  interruption of the blood/oxygen supply to the brain.
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  massive cerebrovascular accident (CVA) resulting from increased perfusion.
  D)
  a blood clot coming from the heart and occluding the carotid arteries.
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