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To evaluate the clinical value and professional attitudes regarding digitalis versus ouabain in the management of heart failure.

August 1, 1943Archives of Internal Medicine

Comparative Value of Digitalis and of Ouabain in the Treatment of Heart Failure

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To evaluate the clinical value and professional attitudes regarding digitalis versus ouabain in the management of heart failure.
Reviewed clinical practice patterns and published medical literature regarding digitalis and strophanthin therapies.
Analyzed clinical perspectives on the physiologic actions, safety, and therapeutic reliability of ouabain compared with digitalis.
Digitalis represents the predominant and standard therapeutic agent utilized for heart failure across clinics and hospitals.
Ouabain is rarely prescribed and remains widely distrusted by clinicians due to perceptions of incomplete physiological characterization, unpredictable clinical action, and safety risks.

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Comparative review examines clinical perceptions of ouabain versus digitalis in heart failure, highlighting widespread clinical skepticism toward ouabain.

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Ignacio Chávez (1943) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa42eef229fb590e7c62640 https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1943.00210080024002

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Comparative review examines clinical perceptions of ouabain versus digitalis in heart failure, highlighting widespread clinical skepticism toward ouabain.

Comparative Value of Digitalis and of Ouabain in the Treatment of Heart Failure

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Comparative Value of Digitalis and of Ouabain in the Treatment of Heart Failure

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