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 ...

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has warned that beta-blockers, commonly prescribed for irregular heartbeat and ...

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

The chlorthalidone group, however, had a significantly higher incidence of hypokalemia (potassium ... in using either agent for the treatment of hypertension and kidney outcomes,” the authors ...

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 ...