Admission Serum Magnesium Level Does Not Predict the Hospital Outcome of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Madias J, Sheth K, Choudry M, Berger D, Madias N. Admission Serum Magnesium Level Does Not Predict the Hospital Outcome of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 1996, 156: 1701-1708. PMID: 8694669, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1996.00440140135013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionSerum magnesium concentrationSerum magnesium levelsMyocardial infarctionHospital courseEmergency departmentDiuretic agentsEarly presentationMagnesium levelsLow serum magnesium concentrationsAdmission serum magnesium levelsNormal serum magnesium concentrationsPatient's hospital courseOnset of symptomsCoronary care unitMagnesium concentrationHigh rateHypomagnesemic patientsNormomagnesemic patientsPreadmission useCardiac mortalityHospital outcomesExcessive morbidityAntiarrhythmic drugsCare unit