Decreased dietary intake of potassium is incriminated in leading to all except?
High-Yield Explanation
Reduced dietary K+ are implicated in the pathophysiology and progression of hypeension hea failure, and stroke. For example, sho term K+ restriction in healthy humans and patients with essential hypeension induces Na+Cl-retention and hypeension. Correction of hypokalemia is paicularly impoant in hypeensive patients treated with diuretics, in whom blood pressure improves with the establishment of normokalemia. Since hypeension and Coronary aery disease patients if untreated can develop CHF, reducing incidence of these will reduce incidence of CHF.