Association between levodopa and ischemic heart disease

Background Several studies linked the use of levodopa to an increase in homocysteine level, which can lead eventually to ischemic heart disease (IHD) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. There is a lack of large population studies that have investigated the cardiovascular safety of levodopa....

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Main Authors: Khalid Orayj, Arron Lacey, Ashley Akbari, Mathew Smith, Owen Pickrell, Emma Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2019-11-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/1172