Journal article
Digoxin and clinical outcomes in the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Digoxin is widely used in patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) despite a lack of data on its impact on clinical outcomes. We aimed to determine the association of digoxin use on clinical outcomes in patients with RHD.
METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the association of digoxin use with mortality at 2 years in a large RHD registry. Secondary outcomes were recurrent heart failure (HF) and hospitalisation for any …
Authors
Karthikeyan G; Devasenapathy N; Zühlke L; Engel ME; Rangarajan S; Teo KK; Mayosi BM; Yusuf S
Journal
Heart, Vol. 105, No. 5,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
March 2019
DOI
10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313614
ISSN
1355-6037