Liana Dehelean, Ileana Marinescu, Puiu Olivian Stovicek, Ana Maria Romoşan, Radu Ştefan Romoşan, Rita Bálint, Bianca Oana Bucatoş, Andra Vera Livia Ciobanu, Mariana Bondrescu, Dragoş Marinescu, Marinela Minodora Manea, Valentina Oana Buda, Minodora Andor, Adela Magdalena Ciobanu
INTRODUCTION: Atypical antipsychotics have numerous benefits compared to conventional ones in respect to the possible adverse effects. However, like the other ones, they may induce direct cardiovascular alterations, probably through the apoptotic effect of dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) blockade. The main objective of the study was to assess the cardiac ejection fraction (EF) using transthoracic speckle tracking echocardiography (TSTE) in patients treated with long-acting injectable (LAI) atypical antipsychotics...
April 2021: Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology