Effects of Digoxin on Morbidity and Mortality in Diastolic Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Ali Ahmed,
Michael W. Rich,
Jerome L. Fleg,
Michael R. Zile,
James B. Young,
Dalane W. Kitzman,
Thomas E. Love,
Wilbert S. Aronow,
Kirkwood F. Adams,
Mihai Gheorghiade
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.628347
Subject(s) - medicine , digoxin , heart failure , ejection fraction , hazard ratio , cardiology , diastolic heart failure , ambulatory , sinus rhythm , diastole , placebo , digitalis , confidence interval , atrial fibrillation , blood pressure , alternative medicine , pathology
About half of the 5 million heart failure patients in the United States have diastolic heart failure (clinical heart failure with normal or near-normal ejection fraction). Except for candesartan, no drugs have been tested in randomized clinical trials in these patients. Although digoxin was tested in an appreciable number of diastolic heart failure patients in the Digitalis Investigation Group ancillary trial, detailed findings from this important study have not previously been published.
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