title: Digoxin withdrawal worsens clinical status in stable patients with heart failure receiving optimal contemporaneous therapy--a randomized controlled trial.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: ingrid.hopper@monash.edu.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hopper
authors.affiliation: Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skiba
authors.affiliation: Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Cardiology B, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: von Lueder
authors.affiliation: Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Funston
authors.affiliation: Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonkin
authors.affiliation: Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krum
mesh_terms: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004077:Digoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004077:Digoxin