Hypokalaemia in atrial fibrillation: a red flag for more comprehensive workup?
ther than A/B help with correct alignment.Hypokalaemia burden Hypertension Heart failure AF burden Excessive exercise/sweating vomiting/diarrhea Drugs/diet Unhealthy lifestyle Primary aldosteronism Sodium-potassium pump inhibition Intracellular sodium overload and calcium overload Triggered activity Fluctuating potassium levels Trigger-related AF Paroxysmal AF Persistent AF Ca 2+ Na + AF, atrial brillation Linz D, et al.European Heart Journal. Hypokalaemia in atrial brillationAssociation between plasma potassium levels (purple) and atrial fibrillation (AF) (orange).Involved mechanisms are shown in the middle.Digital devices may help to guide not just potassium supplementation regimes, but also specific work flows to determine the cause of fluctuating potassium levels in patients with AF.
Authors
- Sevasti‐Maria Chaldoupi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3938-6193)
- Dominik Linz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-0824)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf651
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Potassium and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.07
Funders
- Novo Nordisk
- Novo Nordisk Fonden