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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2004; 43:155-161, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.06.021
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What is the optimal serum potassium level in cardiovascular patients?

John E. Macdonald, MBChB, MRCP*,* and Allan D. Struthers, BSc, MD, FRCP, FESC*

* Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom



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  		Figure 1 Probability of ventricular tachycardia in relation to serum potassium concentrations (40).

 


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  		Figure 2 Risk of primary cardiac arrest associated with thiazide therapy with and without potassium-sparing diuretic therapy, as compared with beta-adrenergic-antagonist therapy, among patients treated with single anti-hypertensive drugs (53). Odds ratios are adjusted for age, gender, pretreatment systolic blood pressure and heart rate, duration of hypertension, current smoking, and diabetes mellitus. CI = confidence interval.

 




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