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ArticleAnatolian journal of cardiology2018

Evaluation of the effect of non-ergot dopamine agonists on left ventricular systolic function with speckle tracking echocardiography.

Hilal Erken Pamukcu, Demet Menekşe Gerede Uludağ, Bahar Tekin Tak, Mine Hayriye Sorgun, Tolga Han Efe, Aynur Acıbuca, Cenk Akbostancı, Sibel Turhan

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Article in Anatolian journal of cardiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Non-ergot dopamine agonists and heart failure.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2019
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Hilal Erken PamukcuDepartment of Cardiology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital; Ankara-Turkey. hilalerkenn@gmail.com.
Demet Menekşe Gerede Uludağ
Bahar Tekin Tak
Mine Hayriye Sorgun
Tolga Han Efe
Aynur Acıbuca
Cenk Akbostancı
Sibel Turhan
Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveParkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder, and ergot dopamine agonists (DAs) are no longer usually preferred in the treatment due to the increased risk of valvular heart disease. Some recent studies have shown that commonly used non-ergot DA also increases the risk of heart failure. On the other hand, there are studies showing conflicting data about this relationship. The aim of the present study was to investigate the cardiac effects of non-ergot DAs in patients with PD using echocardiography.

methodsConventional echocardiography and two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking strain echocardiography were performed to determine the possible systolic dysfunction prior to the development of apparent systolic heart failure. Ninety-one (55 male, 64±10 years) patients with PD were included in the study. Furthermore, 25 subjects with newly diagnosed PD and using no drug were enrolled as the control group. All patients were divided into groups according to their medication. Patients using levodopa were classified as Group 1 (36), levodopa+pramipexole as Group 2 (27), and levodopa+ropinirole as Group 3 (28).

resultsLeft ventricle dysfunction with non-ergot DA use in patients with PD was not established with conventional echocardiographic evaluation. For 2D strain analysis, global longitudinal strain values were obtained as -18.5%, -18.5%, and -18.9% in the groups, respectively. Strain and strain rate values of the left ventricle were not different between the groups (p=0.816 and p=0.881, respectively).

conclusionThere was no significant relationship between left ventricular dysfunction and use of non-ergot DA in patients with PD. Similar results were obtained in strain analysis showing left ventricular subclinical dysfunction. Our study appears to confirm the safety of non-ergot DA in the point of heart failure risk. To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the effect of this group of drugs on subclinical left ventricular systolic function.

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Parkinson DiseaseAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDopamine AgonistsEchocardiographyFemaleHumansLevodopaMaleMiddle AgedPramipexoleTurkeyVentricular Dysfunction, LeftDopamine AgonistsLevodopaPramipexole

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PMCPMC6249529
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