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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