MedicineNet... our finding that digoxin may be causing more harm than good in patients with atrial fibrillation is important and could help guide physicians in their clinical decisions when managing these patients," Lopes concluded Patients whose digoxin levels were greater than 1.2 ng/mL had a 56 percent increased risk of death.
"Additionally, death risks -- and particularly sudden death -- were substantially higher in patients who began digoxin after the start of the study," Lopes said in a university news release. "Most of the deaths occurred in the first six months after digoxin was initiated." .
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