Plasma concentration of digoxin and digitoxin in elderly : correlation with clinical toxicity
Scherrmann, J.M.; Venet, R.; Maire, A.; Memin, Y.; Bourdon, R.
Therapie 36(1): 11-20
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-5957 PMID: 7233367 Document Number: 175948
Two groups of patients treated by digoxin or digitoxin with clinical and ECG symptoms of digitalis toxicity were investigated. The correlation between these symptoms and the plasma concentration was low because only half of the subjects with toxicity signs showed toxic plasma concentration.
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