Information on Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension
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High dose calcium channel blockers are useful in only 5% of IPAH patients who are vasoreactive by Swan-Ganz catheter. Use digoxin therapy to improve right ventricular function in patients with right ventricular failure. Use diuretics to manage peripheral edema. The use of loop diuretics requires potassium supplementation and close monitoring of serum potassium www.phoenixsuns8.com. Potassium-sparing diuretics may have a role in ameliorating the sometimes-intractable hypokalemia observed with daily diuretic use. Patients taking warfarin must limit their intake of vitamin Kcontaining foods Red Bottoms, such as green leafy and coliform vegetables.