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Current Role of Digoxin in Heart Failure as Per Guidelines and DIGIT-HF trial of Digitoxin

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Current Role of Digoxin in Heart Failure as Per Guidelines and DIGIT-HF trial of Digitoxin Use of digoxin in heart failure has come down markedly over the past decades due to concerns of toxicity and availability of more effective medications. Eur Heart J. Erratum in: Eur Heart J. Eur J Heart Fail.

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Rate vs Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation

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AF-CHF trial in those with AF and congestive heart failure also failed to show any advantage for the rhythm control strategy [3]. Overall, it appears that rhythm control strategy in AF may be better in those with heart failure and in those with associated cardiovascular conditions and early AF.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Degree of outflow obstruction can be documented along with the classical Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign. Holter monitoring Holter monitoring is useful to document nonsustained atrial/ventricular arrhythmias which may not be obvious clinically. The sign is an increased LVOT gradient after a ventricular premature complex.