Does digoxin reduce mortality or hospitalization in patients with chronic heart failure?
Digoxin reduces hospitalizations but not overall mortality in patients with chronic heart failure.
Digoxin did not reduce overall mortality, but it reduced the rate of hospitalization both overall and for worsening heart failure. These findings define more precisely the role of digoxin in the management of chronic heart failure.
““Really, the only definitive treatment for rheumatic mitral valve stenosis is an intervention, either with balloon valvuloplasty or surgery, but I think these results are encouraging in that digoxin can be an important adjunctive therapy in rheumatic heart disease.””
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