The association between serum potassium levels -- even at "normal" concentrations -- and increased risk of short-term, all-cause mortality signal the critical need for more research, closer monitoring ...

Your potassium levels can indicate underlying health conditions like high blood pressure or kidney disease. A doctor may perform a potassium blood test as part of a routine physical. A potassium test ...

Maintaining high blood potassium levels, for instance, by taking supplements, may help lower heart failure risk. Image credit: Viktoriya Skorikova/Getty Images For people at high risk of ventricular ...

Swedish investigators looked at potassium levels and all-cause mortality in HFrEF patients at 30 days, 12 months, and 5 years. Over all 3 time frames, the sweet spot in terms of lowest hazard risk for ...

This prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) demonstrated that, compared with a reactive strategy of potassium supplementation ...

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 ...

For people at elevated risk of ventricular arrhythmias, sustaining high-normal potassium concentration levels lead to improved outcomes in a new randomized controlled investigation of 1,200 people ...

The body needs the mineral potassium to regulate muscle contraction. The heart, being a muscle, may respond to changes in potassium levels by developing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Atrial ...

A new trial investigating high-normal serum potassium levels for people at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias delivered promising results. Compared to a control group, people with these elevated ...