Digoxin therapy and survival in heart failure in sinus rhythm

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-13

  Banerjee, Anindo K ^a   Campbell, Ronald W F ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digoxin; Heart failure; Sinus rhythm; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030570393     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(96)02580-6     Document Type: Article

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