Madrid, Spain – 29 August 2025: Targeting high-normal potassium levels reduced the risk of arrhythmias, hospitalisation for heart failure or arrhythmia and death compared with no intervention, ...

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 ...

Potassium is an important substance in your body that helps your muscles, nerves, and heart work properly. When your potassium levels get too low, it can cause serious problems like feeling weak, ...

Potassium is an important electrolyte in the body and is responsible for function of muscles, nerves and heart. Very low levels of potassium is called hypokalaemia and can lead to dangerous ...

Credit: Getty Images Low to low-normal serum potassium concentrations were associated with worse survival, investigators also reported. In patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...

A recent Danish study, the POTCAST trial, reveals that maintaining high-normal potassium levels can significantly reduce dangerous heart problems, especially for high-risk individuals with implanted ...

A potassium blood test is used to measure the amount of potassium in your blood. It is part of a panel of blood tests called a basic metabolic panel (BMP) that measures different substances in your ...

"The clinical implication of this finding is that among those that present with hyperkalemia it’s important to lower the potassium level to just the ‘right’ amount—between 4.1 and 5.5 mmol/L—and not ...