Digoxin and Clinical Outcomes in Systolic Heart Failure Patients on Contemporary Background Heart Failure Therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1356-1360

  Dhaliwal, Amandeep Singh ^a   Bredikis, Audrius ^a   Habib, Gabriel ^a   Carabello, Blase Anthony ^a   Ramasubbu, Kumudha ^a   Bozkurt, Biykem ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; HYDRALAZINE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349097905     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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