{"id":10100,"date":"2026-06-02T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10100"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:21:46","slug":"esc-heart-failure-2026-barcelona-may-17-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/esc-heart-failure-2026-barcelona-may-17-20-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ESC Heart Failure 2026 (Barcelona | May 17\u201320, 2026):"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>ESC Heart Failure 2026 (Barcelona | May 17\u201320, 2026):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cardiac Glycosides Making a Comeback in Heart Failure?<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* New data from DECISION, DIGIT-HF, and pooled analyses presented at ESC Heart Failure 2026 suggest low-dose Digoxin \/ digitoxin may reduce worsening HF events despite no clear mortality benefit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* DECISION trial:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* 1,001 HF patients with LVEF \u2264 50%<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Low-dose digoxin added to contemporary GDMT<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Low-dose oral Digoxin was dose-adjusted to maintain serum levels of 0.5\u20130.9 ng\/mL, typically around 0.125 mg daily.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Generally well tolerated and safe.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Possible strongest benefit:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Advanced HF<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* NYHA III\u2013IV<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Reduced EF<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Possibly patients with Atrial Fibrillation.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Important clinical message:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Routine discontinuation of digoxin in stable HF patients may worsen outcomes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Published simultaneously in:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Nature Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* JAMA<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* European Heart Journal<\/span><br \/>\n<span>during ESC HF 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/old-drugs-new-tricks-decision-and-other-trials-inform-cardiac-glycosides-hf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/old-drugs-new-tricks-decision-and-other-trials-inform-cardiac-glycosides-hf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780485669710000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3BBoLM2BsxclPdDzuklk83\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/<wbr \/>old-drugs-new-tricks-decision-<wbr \/>and-other-trials-inform-<wbr \/>cardiac-glycosides-hf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESC Heart Failure 2026 (Barcelona | May 17\u201320, 2026): Cardiac Glycosides Making a Comeback in Heart Failure? * New data from DECISION, DIGIT-HF, and pooled analyses presented at ESC Heart Failure 2026 suggest low-dose Digoxin \/ digitoxin may reduce worsening HF events despite no clear mortality benefit. * DECISION trial: * 1,001 HF patients with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10101,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10100\/revisions\/10101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}