Patient was educated on vasodilators as follows:

  1. Vasodilator drugs are medication that bring on relaxation of vascular smooth muscle.
  2. Relaxation of smooth muscle of blood vessels, results in dilation of the blood vessels.
  3. Some vasodilators are drugs that dilate the arteries, some dilate the veins, and some others are mixed, acting both on arteries and veins.
  4. Arterial vasodilators mainly help patients with hypertension, heart failure, and angina.
  5. Venous vasodilators mainly help patients with heart failure and angina.