Effects of digoxin at low serum concentrations on mortality and hospitalization in heart failure: a propensity-matched study of the DIG trial

A Ahmed, B Pitt, SH Rahimtoola, F Waagstein… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In heart failure (HF), digoxin at low serum digoxin concentrations (SDC)
reduces all-cause mortality and HF hospitalizations. However, the effects of digoxin on other …

Association of serum digoxin concentration and outcomes in patients with heart failure

SS Rathore, JP Curtis, Y Wang, MR Bristow… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Context The Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial reported that digoxin provided no overall
mortality benefit and only a modest reduction in hospitalizations among patients with heart …

Digoxin and reduction in mortality and hospitalization in heart failure: a comprehensive post hoc analysis of the DIG trial

A Ahmed, MW Rich, TE Love… - European heart …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine the effects of digoxin on all-cause mortality and heart failure (HF)
hospitalizations, regardless of ejection fraction, accounting for serum digoxin concentration …

Clinical benefits of low serum digoxin concentrations in heart failure

KF Adams, M Gheorghiade, BF Uretsky… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to determine whether there was a relationship between serum
digoxin concentration (SDC), including SDCs typically regarded as low, and clinical efficacy …

Effects of discontinuation of digoxin versus continuation at low serum digoxin concentrations in chronic heart failure

A Ahmed, G Gambassi, MT Weaver, JB Young… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Discontinuation of digoxin is associated with worsening heart failure (HF) symptoms.
However, the long-term effects of discontinuation of digoxin therapy on mortality and …

Effect of oral digoxin in high‐risk heart failure patients: a pre‐specified subgroup analysis of the DIG trial

M Gheorghiade, K Patel, G Filippatos… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims In the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial, digoxin reduced mortality or
hospitalization due to heart failure (HF) in several pre‐specified high‐risk subgroups of HF …

Effectiveness of digoxin in reducing one-year mortality in chronic heart failure in the Digitalis Investigation Group trial

A Ahmed, F Waagstein, B Pitt, M White… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Post hoc analyses of the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial indicate that digoxin at low
(0.5 to 0.9 ng/ml) serum digoxin concentration (SDC) reduces mortality, which is eliminated …

Dose response characterization of the association of serum digoxin concentration with mortality outcomes in the Digitalis Investigation Group trial

KF Adams Jr, J Butler, JH Patterson… - European journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Many patients with heart failure and reduced EF remain at high risk for hospitalization
despite evidence‐based therapy. Digoxin may decrease hospitalization; however …

The effect of digoxin on mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure

Digitalis Investigation Group - New England Journal of Medicine, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The role of cardiac glycosides in treating patients with chronic heart failure and
normal sinus rhythm remains controversial. We studied the effect of digoxin on mortality and …

Digoxin and reduction in mortality and hospitalization in geriatric heart failure: importance of low doses and low serum concentrations

A Ahmed - The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. Digoxin reduces hospitalizations due to heart failure (HF) and may also reduce
mortality at low serum digoxin concentrations (SDC). Most HF patients are≥ 65 years, yet …