Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Low Potassium Injures Kidney
January 20, 2023
January 20, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 20 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Diets with a high sodium-to-potassium ratio are linked to poor cardiovascular outcomes. Attention has mostly focused on high sodium, but low potassium is also a culprit in cardiovascular disease.
Andrew Terker, MD, PhD, and colleagues have now discovered that low dietary potassium also causes direct kidney injury.
Using in vitro and in vivo approaches, . . .
Diets with a high sodium-to-potassium ratio are linked to poor cardiovascular outcomes. Attention has mostly focused on high sodium, but low potassium is also a culprit in cardiovascular disease.
Andrew Terker, MD, PhD, and colleagues have now discovered that low dietary potassium also causes direct kidney injury.
Using in vitro and in vivo approaches, . . .