[Expert Solution]: The nurse is conducting a patient assessment

The nurse is conducting a patient assessment. The patient tells the nurse that he has smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for 27 years. The nurse finds elevated blood pressure on assessment. What could be causing this finding? A. Vasoconstriction decreasing the transport of oxygen at the capillary membrane. B. Bounding peripheral pulses from tar and nicotine build-up in the blood vessels. C. Reflux disease leading to irritation of the esophagus.