The relationship between potassium and heart diseases

Dursun I., Arslandag M., Şahin M.

TURK KARDIYOLOJI DERNEGI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.33, no.3, pp.177-185, 2005 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: TURK KARDIYOLOJI DERNEGI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.177-185
  • Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases/etiology/metabolism, diet, diuretics/adverse effects, hyperkalemia/etiology, hypokalemia/etiology, magnesium/metabolism, potassium/metabolism, LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, SERUM POTASSIUM, CARDIAC-ARRHYTHMIAS, RISK-FACTOR, TASK-FORCE, HYPERKALEMIA, FAILURE, GUIDELINES, LEVEL
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Potassium plays an important role in cell metabolism and membrane excitability and imbalances in its concentration are important because of ensuing lifethreatening conditions. Potassium balance may be disturbed by both the neurohormonal mechanisms in cardiovascular diseases and the drugs used in these diseases. In particular, complications such as malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death are of great concern in potassium instability. This article reviews current knowledge on the drugs that affect potassium balance and the relationship between the potassium ion and cardiac diseases.