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- Title
Serum potassium levels and mortality in acute myocardial infarction.
- Authors
Goyal, Abhinav; Spertus, John A; Gosch, Kensey; Venkitachalam, Lakshmi; Jones, Philip G; Van den Berghe, Greet; Kosiborod, Mikhail
- Abstract
Clinical practice guidelines recommend maintaining serum potassium levels between 4.0 and 5.0 mEq/L in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). These guidelines are based on small studies that associated low potassium levels with ventricular arrhythmias in the pre-β-blocker and prereperfusion era. Current studies examining the relationship between potassium levels and mortality in AMI patients are lacking.
- Publication
JAMA, 2012, Vol 307, Issue 2, p157
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2011.1967