In patients with cardiovascular disease who had an ICD and were at high risk for ventricular arrhythmias, increasing potassium levels led to a significantly lower risk for arrhythmia events.

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 ...

Patients with advanced heart failure, who are already followed closely, might be a good population to focus on, one expert ...

Increased potassium intake and dietary guidance reduced risk for adverse events in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and may be an affordable intervention to reduce overall CV ...

POTCAST trial finds high-normal potassium levels lower ventricular arrhythmia risk, hospitalisations, and mortality in high-risk ICD patients.

Equal representation revealed important data. About 13% of men in the study had experienced a life-threatening heart rhythm ...

A recent study revealed that recruiting more women into clinical trials for cardiac devices can offer more accurate and ...

Patients with gestational diabetes mellitus, compared with patients without, are at significantly higher risk for heart failure.