Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Aim: The present study was planned to evaluate serum potassium levels in acute myocardial infarction patients. Materials & methods: Assessment of a total of 40 patients with AMI and 40 healthy controls were enrolled. Clinical profile of all the patients was obtained. Ethical approval was taken from institutional ethical committee in written and written consent was obtained from all the patients after explaining in detail the entire research protocol. Patients with acute myocardial infarction and who gave written consent for participating were included in the study. Collection of venous blood samples was done in the study group on the day of admission within 12 hours from anticubital vein with all aseptic precautions in plain and vacutainers for the purpose of routine baseline blood investigations. The serum separated was used for the estimation of serum potassium levels. Results: AMI patients and control group patients had mean age of 46.5 years and 48.9 years respectively. Mean potassium levels among the patients of the AMI group and the control group was 3.6 mEq/L and 4.28 mEq/L respectively. Significant results were obtained while comparing the mean potassium levels among the patients of the AMI group and control group. Conclusion: Potassium plays a significant role in the pathogenesis and severity of disease progression of AMI. Key words: Potassium, Acute myocardial infarction.