Magnesium is a ubiquitous element that participates in metabolic processes essential for
life. Magnesium acts as a metalic cofactor in more than 300 enzymatic reactions; notably it is …

VARIOUS SALTS of magnesium were used as cathartics at least as long ago as the
Renaissance in Italy (La Wall, 1927). Medicinal use in England followed the discovery in …

The reported inverse correlation between water hardness and incidence of cardiac fatalities
has led to tentative hypotheses concerning the role of magnesium intake in this …

Seven patients with congestive heart failure receiving long-term diuretic treatment (more
than three years) experienced idionodal tachycardia in the presence of apparently normal …

Low potassium and magnesium concentrations not only cause cardiac arrhythmias, but also
interfere with the efficacy or enhance the toxicity of drugs commonly used to treat patients …

1. Eighty‐one hospital patients receiving digoxin were separated into groups with and
without digoxin toxicity using clinical criteria. Serum digoxin, sodium, potassium, calcium …

Serum, lymphocyte, and erythrocyte potassium, magnesium, and calcium levels were
measured in 215 patients during the five days following acute myocardial infarction. Serum …

In 18 patients with gastrointestinal manifestations of digoxin toxicity the mean serum digoxin
concentration (+/-SEM) was 3.16 micrograms/l (+/-0.25), the calcium to potassium ratio 0.31 …

Recently, Singh et al. have re-emphasized the role of nutritional modulators among patients
with chronic heart failure (CHF) because these patients may suffer from weight loss as well …

A thorough evaluation is required to determine when atrioventricular block requires
treatment. In symptomatic or unstable patients, the management should focus on …