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University at Buffalo researchers have identified for the first time an enzyme in the foxglove plant that is responsible for the production of compounds needed to make the heart failure drug digoxin.

The ancient herbal derivative from foxglove may be useful in heart failure, but a new large study in veterans again shows that it increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation.

In a retrospective cohort, digoxin use in patients receiving hemodialysis was associated with increased mortality rates, especially among patients with low predialysis potassium levels.

However, concerns have recently been raised about potentially harmful effects of digoxin, with research pointing to an association between digoxin and increased chances of death under certain ...