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May 1, 1959Circulation ResearchOpen Access

Effect of Potassium and "Toxic" Doses of Digitalis on the Myocardium

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Key result

Intravenous potassium tested against digitalis toxicity in dogs yields no reported results.

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CFCharlés FischAmerican College of RadiologyESE. F. SteinmetzWright-Patterson Air Force BaseAFAlfred F. FasolaSidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital

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Implication

No results from six-dog evaluation; leaves open potassium's role in digitalis management for clinical practice and research.

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Fisch et al. (1959) studied this question. Intravenous potassium was evaluated for its antagonism against therapeutic and toxic doses of digitalis in six dogs, though the abstract does not report the study's results.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7e679eb815e3469da0f30https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.7.3.424
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