In 1963, Liddle described a family in which multiple siblings developed early-onset severe hypertension and hypokalemia. Genetic studies have revealed mutations in the genes coding the beta or ...

Hypokalemia may lead to abnormal heart rhythms ... inadequate potassium intake has been associated with an increased risk of hypertension, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases.

Considering that a high sodium diet is a major risk factor for hypertension ... Below these levels can lead to hypokalemia, ...

It's even a key nutrient in the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH ... causing severe hypokalemia (lower than normal potassium in your bloodstream) and potentially death.

researchers analyzed results from 62 patients referred to a hospital's endocrine unit with suspected primary hyperaldosteronism (usually because of hypertension plus hypokalemia). Final diagnoses ...

Dr Elazer R Edelman said. He said studies had shown glycyrrhizic acid - the active ingredient in liquorice - could cause "hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, fatal arrhythmias ...