Whither Withering's legacy? Digoxin's role in our contemporary pharmacopeia for heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 505-507

  Young, James B ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROMODULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 22844445894     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.05.014     Document Type: Editorial

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