
Vasodilatory Edema Secondary to Antihypertensive Therapy
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with vasodilatory peripheral edema associated with antihypertensive drug therapy. |
Specialty: | General content (available to all) |
Objective: | adverse effects |
ICD-10: | I10-I15, T46.7 |
Description: | A vasodilatory antihypertensive drug lowers blood pressure by reducing systemic vascular resistance. Some patients treated with these agents may develop dependent edema. |
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