Why the study?
Does digitalis in therapeutic amounts increase the incidence of ectopic rhythms in the presence of myocardial infarction?
Population
Patients with myocardial infarction and associated congestive heart failure
Design
Review
Authors
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May reassure clinicians on digitalis safety in MI; leaves open need for prospective RCTs to confirm.
Does digitalis in therapeutic amounts increase the incidence of ectopic rhythms in the presence of myocardial infarction?
The paper highlights the lack of convincing evidence supporting the fear that therapeutic doses of digitalis cause dangerous ventricular ectopic arrhythmias in patients with myocardial infarction.
John Martin Askey (1951) studied this question.
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