Admission serum potassium level is associated with in-hospital and long-term mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction
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2016-01-01Author
Ulutas, Turker KemalEkmekci, Ahmet
Murat, Ahmet
Avsar, Sahin
Uyarel, Huseyin
Eren, Mehmet
Karaca, Gurkan
Cicek, Gokhan
Bozbay, Mehmet
Uluganyan, MAHMUT
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Objective: Current guidelines recommend a serum potassium (sK) level of 4.0-5.0 mmol/L in acute myocardial infarction patients. Recent trials have demonstrated an increased mortality rate with an sK level of >4.5 mmol/L. The aim of this study was to figure out the relation between admission sK level and in-hospital and long-term mortality and ventricular arrhythmias.
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