Digoxin use is associated with reduced interstage mortality in patients with no history of arrhythmia after stage i palliation for single ventricle heart disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Brown, David W ^a   Mangeot, Colleen ^b   Anderson, Jeffrey B ^b   Peterson, Laura E ^c   King, Eileen C ^b   Lihn, Stacey L ^a   Neish, Steven R ^d   Fleishman, Craig ^e   Phelps, Christina ^f   Hanke, Samuel ^b   Beekman, Robert H ^b   Lannon, Carole M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disorders; Cardiovascular surgery; Congenital heart disease; Mortality; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE VENTRICLE HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ABNORMALITIES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; INFANT MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997692345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002376     Document Type: Article

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