Digitalis in heart failure! Still applicable?

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Hoppe, U C ^a   Erdmann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac glycosides; Heart failure; Review; Serum concentration

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATTENUATION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; DIGOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844392893     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-005-0219-0     Document Type: Article

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