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Chronic pericardial constriction linked to the antiparkinsonian dopamine agonist pergolide
K P Balachandran1, D Stewart, G A Berg
1Department of Cardiology, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|January 18, 2002
Abstract:
Constrictive pericarditis is present when a fibrotic, thickened, and adherent pericardium restricts diastolic filling of the heart. Several drugs can cause pericarditis, which can lead to chronic pericardial constriction. A case of constrictive pericarditis in a patient receiving the antiparkinsonian drug pergolide is reported.