Chronic pericardial constriction linked to the antiparkinsonian dopamine agonist pergolide

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 915, 2002, Pages 49-50

  Balachandran, K P ^a   Stewart, D ^b   Berg, G A ^c   Oldroyd, Keith G ^a  

^a HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PERGOLIDE; PRAMIPEXOLE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036148936     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.915.49     Document Type: Article

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