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. 2021 Mar-Apr;73(2):242-243.
doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.01.019. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

'Digoxin conundrum - Time for validation?'

O P Yadava  1
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'Digoxin conundrum - Time for validation?'

O P Yadava. Indian Heart J. 2021 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Despite no incontrovertible data, Digoxin use has been demonised. As a consequence, a lot of patients, stable on Digoxin, have been taken off it and offered alternative drugs. However, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for Digoxin, with the reporting of RATE-AF Trial at the recent European Society of Cardiology Congress. Compared to Bisoprolol, Digoxin use was associated with statistically significantly greater improvements in symptomatology and NT ProBNP levels making Digoxin a first line drug for rate control in permanent AF.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Digoxin; Heart failure.

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