Association of digoxin therapy with case fatality rate in acute pulmonary embolism

• Published in: Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift Vol. 133; no. 21-22; pp. 1171 - 1178
• Main Authors: Karataş, Mehmet Baran, Yelgeç, Nizamettin Selçuk, Çanga, Yiğit, Zengin, Ahmet, Emre, Ayşe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Digoxin - adverse effects; Endocrinology; Female; Gastroenterology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Pulmonary Embolism - drug therapy; Pulmonary Embolism - mortality; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Heart failure; Pulmonary embolism; Digoxin; Atrial fibrillation; Mortality

Summary Objective Despite wide usage of digoxin for various diseases in cardiology practice, its benefit is controversial and moreover it had been associated with unfavorable outcomes in some previous studies. The aim of this present study was to demonstrate whether digoxin usage was related with wo...