Relation of Baseline Serum Potassium Levels to Angiographic Findings in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease | Zendy

Erdal Çavuşoğlu | Zendy; Vineet Chopra | Zendy; Amit Gupta | Zendy; Palak Choksi | Zendy; Cyril Ruwende | Zendy; Sunitha Yanamadala | Zendy; William H. Frishman | Zendy; David J. Pinsky | Zendy; Jonathan D. Marmur | Zendy

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Relation of Baseline Serum Potassium Levels to Angiographic Findings in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Author(s) -

Erdal Çavuşoğlu,

Vineet Chopra,

Amit Gupta,

Palak Choksi,

Cyril Ruwende,

Sunitha Yanamadala,

William H. Frishman,

David J. Pinsky,

Jonathan D. Marmur

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2009.65

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary artery disease , myocardial infarction , odds ratio , confounding , coronary atherosclerosis , logistic regression , context (archaeology) , paleontology , biology

In experimental animal studies, potassium has been demonstrated to protect against the development of atherosclerosis through a variety of mechanisms. Data regarding the role of potassium in the development of human atherosclerosis are sparse. The objective of this study was to determine the association between plasma potassium levels and angiographically defined coronary artery disease (CAD).

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