Hypokalemia in Hospitalized Patients for Heart Failure in the Therapeutic Cardiac Failure Unit

Hypokalemia in Hospitalized Patients for Heart Failure in the Therapeutic Cardiac Failure Unit: Morbidity-mortality Impact

Hypokalemia is very common in heart failure patients. Deleterious effects have been report on the cardiovascular system. Most of the clinical data concerning this ionic trouble are based on post-hoc study and some findings seemed disjointed.

This study tried to describe hypokalemia impact during hospital stay in hospitalized patients with heart failure and particularly on mortality and re-hospitalization.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalized patient in the Therapeutic Cardiac Failure Unit in the CHR Metz-Thionville
• Patient with congestive heart failure

Exclusion Criteria:

• None