Effects of digoxin on morbidity and mortality in diastolic heart failure: the ancillary digitalis investigation group trial.

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Published in Circulation on July 24, 2006

Authors

Ali Ahmed1, Michael W Rich, Jerome L Fleg, Michael R Zile, James B Young, Dalane W Kitzman, Thomas E Love, Wilbert S Aronow, Kirkwood F Adams, Mihai Gheorghiade

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1: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, CH-19, Suite 219, Birmingham AL 35294-2041, USA. aahmed@uab.edu

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