Minoxidil, hypercoagulability and thromboembolic disease of the lung.
Minoxidil is a potent antihypertensive agent used in the treatment of resistant hypertension. A case is presented which illustrates a probably fatal interaction between minoxidil and a coagulation disorder.
Keohane
S G
SG
Division of Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Edmunds
M
M
Holton
J
J
Swales
J D
JD
D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008914:Minoxidil / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology*
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008914:Minoxidil