Large potassium shifts during dialysis enhance cardiac repolarization instability.

Dominik SchüttlerUlf SchönermarckFelix WennerMarcell ToepferKonstantinos D RizasAxel BauerStefan BrunnerWolfgang Hamm

Published in: Journal of nephrology (2020)

We provide evidence that large potassium shifts during HD enhance sympathetic activity-associated repolarization instability. This could facilitate the occurrence of malignant arrhythmias, and PRD measurements might serve as a non-invasive monitoring tool in HD patients in future.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
risk assessment
heart failure
congenital heart disease