Digoxin, a drug derived from the foxglove plant, is one of the oldest and most widely used treatments for a variety of cardiac conditions. For example, it can regularize the heartbeat in many who have ...

Digoxin, a drug commonly used to treat heart conditions, was associated with a 72 percent higher rate of death among adults with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure. Digoxin, a drug commonly used ...

LONDON, UK — The use of digoxin was associated with a slightly improved survival but no difference in rate of rehospitalization in a new study based on a nationwide propensity-matched cohort of Danish ...

There is conflicting evidence about whether digoxin, a drug that has been used worldwide for centuries to treat heart disease, might contribute to an increase in deaths in patients with atrial ...

Oct. 30, 2002 — Digoxin may pose a risk of death for women with heart failure, according to a retrospective analysis published in the Oct. 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Yet ...

Despite more than 200 years of use, digoxin remains controversial in the management of HF. This past year, multiple observational studies came to divergent conclusions regarding the benefit or harm of ...

UB researchers have identified for the first time an enzyme in the foxglove plant that is responsible for the production of compounds needed to make the heart failure drug digoxin. The breakthrough ...

AHA: Increased Cancer Risk for Patients With Heart Failure Incident digoxin use was linked with higher rates of death and heart failure hospitalization. James V. Freeman, MD, of Stanford University in ...

At present, digoxin should not be recommended for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate diastolic HF with preserved LVEF of greater than 45% in sinus rhythm This was an ancillary study ...

(HealthDay News) — Only 1 in 5 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) receive digoxin at discharge, according to a study published online in JACC: Heart Failure. Nish Patel ...

The drug is called Digoxin and it's widely used to help the heart beat more strongly and with a regular rhythm. But a new study finds Digoxin is associated with an increased risk of death in people ...