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Maintenance digoxin after an episode of heart failure: placebo-controlled trial in outpatients.

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Dobbs, S M, Kenyon, W I, Dobbs, R J·1977·BMJ

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The need for maintenance digoxin treatment was assessed in a double-blind, variable-dose, crossover comparison with placebo. Forty-six outpatients who had been prescribed the drug for heart failure were studied; 33 were in sinus rhythm and the remainder in atrial fibrillation. Mean serum digoxin concentrations in those with sinus rhythm averaged 1-33 nmol/l, but a lower concentration, averaging 0-97 nmol/l, was accepted in those with atrial fibrillation as six of them developed bradycardia. Sixteen of the 46 patients deteriorated on placebo, and eight completely recovered when digoxin was reintroduced; in the remainder additional diuretics were required temporarily. Spirometric values deteriorated on changing to placebo whether or not the patient showed clinical evidence of recurrence of heart failure. In a separate study of nine patients who showed no clinical evidence of deterioration on placebo, reintroduction of digoxin caused a shortening of left ventricular ejection time, which persisted for at least a month. This suggests that the inotropic response to digoxin is sustained during maintenance treatment.

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Authors
Dobbs, S. M., Kenyon, W. I., & Dobbs, R. J.
Venue
BMJ
Publisher
BMJ
Published
1977-03-19
Volume
1
Issue
6063
Pages
749-752
ISSN
  • 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-5833
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W2045341488
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178
References
1
FWCI
7.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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