Magnesium Deficiency and Heart Disease Go Together

By Hans R. Larsen MSc ChE

TUCSON, ARIZONA. Researchers at the University Medical Center in Tucson have confirmed that magnesium deficiency is closely associated with cardiovascular disease. Lowered serum magnesium concentrations have been found in heart attack patients and administration of magnesium has proven beneficial in treating ventricular arrhythmias, particularly those caused by digoxin toxicity.

American Heart Journal, October 1992, pp. 1113-18