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Increasing potassium levels can improve outcomes in patients at high risk of ventricular arrhythmia

Targeting high-normal potassium levels reduced the risk of arrhythmias, hospitalization for heart failure or arrhythmia and death compared with no intervention, according to late-breaking research ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Increasing the Potassium Level in Patients at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmias

Hypokalemia and even low-normal plasma potassium levels increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmias among patients with cardiovascular disease. An assessment of a strategy of actively increasing ...