Admission serum potassium level is associated with in-hospital and long-term mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-15

  Uluganyan, Mahmut ^a   Ekmekçi, Ahmet ^b   Murat, Ahmet ^b   Avşar, Sahin ^b   Ulutaş, Türker Kemal ^a   Uyarel, Hüseyin ^c   Bozbay, Mehmet ^d   Çiçek, Gökhan ^b   Karaca, Gürkan ^e   Eren, Mehmet ^b  

^a Kadirli Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypokalemia; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Potassium; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOKALEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; TURKEY;

BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POTASSIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 84994360839     PISSN: 21492263     EISSN: 21492271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/akd.2015.5706     Document Type: Article

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