Electrolyte balance in heart failure and the role for magnesium ions.

Wester Per Olof
The American journal of cardiology, 1992

Abstract

It is well established that clinically significant changes in a number of electrolytes occur in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Magnesium ions are an essential requirement for many enzyme systems, and evidence is rapidly emerging that magnesium deficiency is a major risk factor for survival of CHF patients. In animal experiments, magnesium has been shown to be involved in several steps of the atherosclerotic process and, although in humans the situation is somewhat more complex, magnesium ions play an extremely important role in CHF and various cardiac arrhythmias. A number of drugs commonly used to treat CHF can significantly affect not only cellular magnesium ion homeostasis, but potassium as well. These include mercurial, thiazide, and loop diuretics. It has also been reported that hypomagnesemia is common in digitalis intoxication. In contrast, a number of agents have been shown to have either a magnesium-conserving effect (potassium-sparing diuretics) or not to affect magnesium ion balance (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors). The clinical consequences of magnesium deficiency include the development of various cardiac arrhythmias, all of which respond well to magnesium treatment. Thus, it is more than apparent that magnesium ion homeostasis is of major importance in CHF. Future studies should address the complex role of magnesium ions in electrolyte imbalance, particularly in relation to heart failure.

PMID:1414894
DOI:10.1016/0002-9149(92)91357-a
Category:Electrolyte Balance

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