Serum potassium concentration as a risk factor of ventricular arrhythmias early in acute myocardial infarction.

@article{Nordrehaug1985SerumPC,
  title={Serum potassium concentration as a risk factor of ventricular arrhythmias early in acute myocardial infarction.},
  author={Jan Erik Nordrehaug and Kristin Johannessen and G. Von Der Lippe},
  journal={Circulation},
  year={1985},
  volume={71 4},
  pages={
          645-9
        }
}

• Jan Erik Nordrehaug, Kristin Johannessen, G. Von Der Lippe
• Published in Circulation 1985

Sixty patients with a first acute myocardial infarction and no current treatment with cardioactive drugs were included in a prospective study of the relationship between serum potassium concentration and the early occurrence of ventricular tachycardia and premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Serum potassium level (range 2.5 to 5 mmol/liter) was estimated 3.8 +/- 2.5 hr (mean +/- SD) after the onset of the infarction, and Holter monitoring was performed during the subsequent 12 hr. In… CONTINUE READING

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