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- Title
Ergotamine-derived dopamine agonists and left ventricular function in Parkinson patients: systolic and diastolic function studied by conventional echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging, and two-dimensional speckle tracking.
- Authors
Rasmussen, Vibeke Guldbrand; Poulsen, Steen Hvitfeldt; Dupont, Erik; Østergaard, Karen; Safikhany, Gholamhossein; Egeblad, Henrik
- Abstract
Aims: Ergot-derived dopamine agonists (EDDA) induce fibrotic heart valve disease. We aimed to investigate whether EDDA treatment also affects left ventricular (LV) function.
- Subjects
DOPAMINE agonists; HEART valve diseases; PARKINSON'S disease patients; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL physiology
- Publication
European Journal of Echocardiography, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 6, p803
- ISSN
1525-2167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ejechocard/jen160