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A health care provider is getting an informed consent to start a patient on intravenous heparin therapy. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the action of heparin?
 
  a. Heparin inactivates clotting factors that are currently circulating in the blood-stream.
  b. Heparin dilates the arterial lumen so blood can flow around a site of injury.
  c. Heparin prevents clots from forming by making blood vessel walls slippery.
  d. Heparin interferes with production of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors in the liver.
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