Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Chronic diseases have one or more of the following characteristics: they are persistent and leave residual disability; they are caused by non-reversible pathological conditions; and they require special training of the patient on rehabilitation, or may be expected to require prolonged medical supervision, observation or health care. An AMI is a subset of a spectrum of IHD that includes unstable angina and AMI with or without ST elevation. Hence; the present study was conducted with the aim of assessing Serum Potassium levels in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) patients. Materials & methods: 30 patients with acute myocardial infarction who presented to the emergency department and fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study and matched control group of 30 healthy individuals. 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. All the results were recorded and analysed by SPSS software. Results: Mean serum potassium levels were higher in the control group (4.56mEq/L) in comparison to the study group (3.85 mEq/L0), the values of which were found to be statistically significant (P- value < 0.05). Conclusion: Potassium plays a definitive role in the pathogenesis of AMI.