Admission serum potassium in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Its correlates and value as a determinant of in-hospital outcome

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Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 904-913

  Madias, John E ^a   Shah, Bimal ^a   Chintalapally, Gopal ^a   Chalavarya, Gopal ^a   Madias, Nicolaos E ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Diuretics; Hypokalemia; Myocardial infarction; Potassium; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIURETIC THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033786743     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.4.904     Document Type: Article

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