Elevated Potassium Levels in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes<subtitle>A Danish Population‐Based Cohort Study</subtitle>

Elevated Potassium Levels in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes<subtitle>A Danish Population‐Based Cohort Study</subtitle>

BackgroundData on the true burden of hyperkalemia in patients with heart failure (HF) in a real‐world setting are limited. Methods and ResultsIncidence rates of hyperkalemia (first blood test with a potassium level >5.0 mmol/L) in primary or hospital care were assessed in a population‐based cohor...

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Main Authors: Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Sia Kromann Nicolaisen, Pål Hasvold, Ricardo Garcia‐Sanchez, Lars Pedersen, Kasper Adelborg, Martin Egfjord, Kenneth Egstrup, Henrik Toft Sørensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
chronic kidney disease
cohort study
heart failure
potassium
prognosis
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.008912

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