Patient was educated on vasodilators as follows:
- Vasodilator drugs are medication that bring on relaxation of vascular smooth muscle.
- Relaxation of smooth muscle of blood vessels, results in dilation of the blood vessels.
- Some vasodilators are drugs that dilate the arteries, some dilate the veins, and some others are mixed, acting both on arteries and veins.
- Arterial vasodilators mainly help patients with hypertension, heart failure, and angina.
- Venous vasodilators mainly help patients with heart failure and angina.