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Incidence of heart valve disease in women treated with the ergot-derived dopamine agonist bromocriptine

BACKGROUND: Ergot-derived dopamine agonists are thought to induce fibrotic changes in cardiac valve leaflets. We sought to determine the incidence of heart valve disease in women treated with bromocriptine compared with age and sex matched controls from the background population. METHODS: In nationw...

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Autores principales: Clausen, Marianne F., Rørth, Rasmus, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Westergaard, Lucas Malta, Weeke, Peter E., Gislason, Gunnar, Køber, Lars, Fosbøl, Emil, Kristensen, Søren Lund
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02439-y