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The blood anion nitrite contributes to hypoxic vasodilation through a heme-based, nitric oxide (NO)–generating reaction with deoxyhemoglobin and potentially other heme proteins1. We hypothesized ...

A new study refutes previous results suggesting that vasodilators are beneficial in patients with asymptomatic, chronic, severe aortic regurgitation. An accompanying editorial calls for larger ...

Vasodilation refers to a widening of the body’s blood vessels. In this article, learn about what causes vasodilation and how it can affect a person’s health.

An RD shares facts on vasodilator foods, or foods that claim to boost circulation, to answer whether certain foods can make you feel warmer. Many of these vasodilator foods are said to improve ...

Vasodilator therapy may be under-used for Raynaud’s phenomenon and very early systemic sclerosis in veterans deployed in post-Sept. 11, 2001, military operations, according to data derived from ...

Vasodilation is a natural process that happens in your body. In some situations it can be harmful, yet in others causing vasodilation is important treatment for a condition. We unpack the good and ...

Patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) have superior transplant-free survival outcomes if they receive pulmonary vasodilator therapy in combination with antifibrotic ...

These insights represent the first characterization of risk factors for respiratory failure–related hospitalization among patients with sarcoidosis‐associated pulmonary hypertension (SAPH).