Correlation of Serum Potassium Concentrations with the Blood Pressure in Rats Fed a Potassium-Deficient Ration
- 1 September 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 6 (3), 371-372
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.6.3.371
Abstract
Rats which develop low blood pressures as a result of low potassium diet are shown to have lowered serum potassium levels. When the blood pressure is restored to normal by injection and 24 hour feeding of potassium, serum potassium levels also return to normal.Keywords
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