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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)

The outcome is often very poor in infants with a survival rate of just a few we...

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Health Guide

Dilated cardiomyopathy

...hospital until acute symptoms start to go away. Treatment is focused on relief of symptoms. Digitalis, vasodilators (drugs that dilate blood vessels), ACE-inhibitors, diuretics (water pills),... Read more »

Mitral regurgitation: acute

...Anti-arrhythmics (drugs that regulate the heart rhythm) may be needed to control irregular rhythms. Vasodilators (drugs that dilate the blood vessels) reduce the workload of the heart. Digitalis... Read more »

Erection problems

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Cardiomyopathy

...Often called "water pills," diuretics help relieve the fluid overloads in heart failure. Vasodilators: These drugs dilate blood vessels at several levels in the body, reducing the... Read more »

Renin

...affect renin measurements include antihypertensives, diuretics, estrogens, oral contraceptives, and vasodilators. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of... Read more »

Images

Vitiligo, drug induced

Medications

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