Drug-related valvular heart disease: Here we go again: Will we do better this time?

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1275-1277

  Rahimtoola, Shahbudin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; DEXFENFLURAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; METHYSERGIDE; PERGOLIDE MESILATE;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0036894735     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/77.12.1275     Document Type: Editorial

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