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Side Effects Of Vasodilators

Health Encyclopedia: Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease

Alternative Names

Pulmonary vaso-occlusive disease

Treatment

Currently, there are no known effective medical treatments. Vasodilator drugs (drugs that dilate the blood vessels) that are used in other forms of pulmonary hypertension may be harmful in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. Lung transplantation is the only treatment that has proven to be effective.

Expectations (prognosis)

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