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More Digoxin Cautions: Use in AF, Heart Failure Raises Mortality in Meta-analysis

Researchers from Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany reported that digoxin use was linked with a 29% increased risk of mortality in more than 235,000 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and with a 14% increased risk of death in more than 91,000 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) during an average follow-up of 2.5 years. Via Medscape. Posted May 13, 2015.

–Alanna McCatty

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