Article Comments - 'Myocardial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: epidemiology and pathogenesis' http://arthritis-research.com/content/7/5/195/comments The latest comments on the article 'Myocardial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: epidemiology and pathogenesis' 2005-09-28T02:40:11Z Both RA and heart disease involved with potassium. http://arthritis-research.com/content/7/5/195/comments#211490 <p> 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; &#60;a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis3.html "&#62;</p> Charles Weber 2005-09-28T02:40:11Z http://arthritis-research.com/content/7/5/195 Giles et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 7 195 Wed Aug 24 00:00:00 BST 2005