If you were shielding from COVID-19, what would you do if you thought you might be having a heart attack or a stroke? What if you didn’t have textbook heart attack symptoms but just didn’t feel right? How would you weigh up the risks and decide whether to go to the hospital or remain at home?

Digoxin improved some measures of quality of life at 12 months and was associated with greater reductions in NYHA class and NT-proBNP. Digoxin was also associated with fewer adverse events compared with beta-blockers.