Digoxin increases mortality among women with congestive heart failure.
Digoxin increases mortality in women with congestive heart failure, compared with men; however, the clinical significance of this is unknown since gender is a nonmodifiable risk factor. More importantly, there is a suggestion of harm when looking at women treated with digoxin versus placebo. Since there are other therapies with definite benefit in congestive heart failure (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers, spironolactone), it is prudent to reconsider the use of digoxin in women with ejection fractions less than 45%.
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Sharon
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St. John's University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Jamaica, NY, USA. sees@stjohns.edu
Bruno
Patricio
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