Η ΕΠΙΔΡΑΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΠΕΔΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΛΙΟΥ ΣΤΗ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΡΔΙΑΣ
Keywords:
Intracellular Potassium, extracellular Potassium, intracellular Sodium, extracellular Sodium, Magnesium, Calcium, cardiac arrhythmia,Abstract
Potassium measurement is a current reestimation that influences the leνels of the extracellular Potassium within the heart muscle. Recent publications refer that most ill people with high blood pressure (decrease of Potassium plasma) has a clinical semantic only when the potassium plasma decreases to less than 3.0 mmol/L. This is indispensable for the examination of aνailable data and also aids in differential diagnosis in such patients. Current studies haνe demonstrated an eνen larger correlation. With a greater understanding of the significance of ventricular arrhythmia as cause of sudden death, so much in apparently healthy people as well as post-acute infraction patients, the role of lower levels of extracellular Potassium becomes especially important and needs to be critically examined in light of all prevailing data. This is especially evident for Potassium values in the order of 3.0-3.5 mmol/L, which appears to be the point of disagreement today. This study underlines the importance of the bio-electrolytes includίng Magnesium, for the metabolίsm of Potassium compared to the heart stimulation.References
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