Review
Myocardial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: epidemiology and pathogenesis
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* Corresponding author: Jon T Giles gilesjont@jhmi.edu
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005, 7:195-207 doi:10.1186/ar1814
Both RA and heart disease involved with potassium.
Charles Weber (2005-09-28 02:40) retired
Rheumatoid arthritis always has low cell potassium. A potassium deficiency can cause necrosis of heart cells. A potassium deficiency is almost certainly the link between RA and heart disease. For a discussion of the affect of potassium deficiency on physiology, see; <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis3.html ">
Competing interests
I have written several noncommercial articles about RA posted on the internet, starting here <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis.html "> and summarized here <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/potassium.html">
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