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Diuretic-Induced Hypokalemia in Uncomplicated Systemic Hypertension: Effect of Plasma Potassium Correction on Cardiac Arrhythmias

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Identifier: 101584929X60

Digital Object (text)

Dates

  • Publication: 1 November 1983

Extent

6 Pages

Description

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, some researchers began to question the use of certain diuretics as antihypertensive agents, reasoning that they could cause hypokalemia and therefore increase the likelihood of cardiac arrhythmias. In this small study of patients with diuretic-induced hypokalemia, Freis's team found no evidence that the reduction of hypokalemia would reduce the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, suggesting no link between the two phenomena.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Original Profiles System Identifier

XFBBDX

Source Category

Periodical

Papademetriou, Vasilios, Ross Fletcher, Ibrahim M. Khatri, and Edward D. Freis. "Diuretic-Induced Hypokalemia in Uncomplicated Systemic Hypertension: Effect of Plasma Potassium Correction on Cardiac Arrhythmias." The American Journal of Cardiology 52, (1 November 1983): 1017-1022. Article. 6 Images.

The American Journal of Cardiology

Physical Description

Physical Condition - Good

Subjects

Linked Records

Collecting Area Details

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection Collecting Area

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