Digoxin remains useful in the management of chronic heart failure

GW Dec - Medical Clinics, 2003 - medical.theclinics.com
Digoxin remains an important therapeutic option for the outpatient management of patients
with chronic symptomatic heart failure caused by systolic dysfunction. Randomized control …

The use of digoxin in patients with worsening chronic heart failure: reconsidering an old drug to reduce hospital admissions

AP Ambrosy, J Butler, A Ahmed… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Digoxin is the oldest cardiac drug still in contemporary use, yet its role in the management of
patients with heart failure (HF) remains controversial. A purified cardiac glycoside derived …

Digoxin in heart failure

TW Smith - New England Journal of Medicine, 1993 - Mass Medical Soc
Although two centuries of anecdotal clinical evidence support the use of cardiac glycosides
for the treatment of heart failure, controversy has surrounded their efficacy and appropriate …

Review of randomized trials of digoxin therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

M Gheorghiade, BJ Zarowitz - The American journal of cardiology, 1992 - Elsevier
Although digitalis glycosides were introduced in the treatment of cardiac maladies> 200
years ago, controversy persists regarding the precise role of digoxin in any multidrug …

Is digoxin really important in treatment of compensated heart failure?: a placebo-controlled crossover study in patients with sinus rhythm

JL Fleg, SH Gottlieb, EG Lakatta - The American journal of medicine, 1982 - Elsevier
To assess the efficacy of digitalis in patients with chronic clinically compensated congestive
heart failure and normal sinus rhythm, we performed a double-blind crossover study with …

Therapeutic range of digoxin's efficacy in heart failure: what is the evidence?

SG Terra, JB Washam, GD Dunham… - … : The Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical studies have solidified the utility of digoxin in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
and normal sinus rhythm. No definitive data have been published to clarify the range of …

Digoxin for the treatment of chronic and acute heart failure syndromes

M Gheorghiade, ME Harinstein, GS Filippatos - Acute cardiac care, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Digitalis preparations have been used for centuries. Digoxin is an agent that is readily
available, can be administered acutely and long-term, intravenously or orally, is safe and …

Digoxin for chronic heart failure: a review of the randomized controlled trials with special attention to the PROVED and RADIANCE trials

J Tauke, S Goldstein, M Gheorghiade - Progress in cardiovascular …, 1994 - Elsevier
Digitalis preparations have been used therapeutically for thousands of years. 1 The first
detailed description of digitalis was made by Withering in 1785, who noted that the drug …

Digoxin in heart failure: implications of recent trials

RA Kelly, TW Smith - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1993 - Elsevier
Although supported by 2 centuries of anecdotal clinical evidence, the safely and efficacy of
the cardiac glycosides for the treatment of congestive heart due to systolic ventricular …

Contemporary use of digoxin in the management of cardiovascular disorders

M Gheorghiade, DJ Van Veldhuisen, WS Colucci - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Digitalis is the oldest compound in cardiovascular medicine that continues to be used in
contemporary clinical practice. 1 Evidence supporting the beneficial effects of digoxin on …