The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 74, Issue 6 , Pages 1016-1022, June 1983

Vigorous supplementation of a hypocaloric diet prevents cardiac arrhythmias and mineral depletion☆☆

  • John M. Amatruda, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. John M. Amatruda, Endocrine-Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York 14642.
    • From the Endocrine-Metabolism and Cardiology Units, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
    • Dr. Amatruda is the recipient of a United States Public Health Service Research Career Development Award (AM 00366).
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  • Theodore L. Biddle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Endocrine-Metabolism and Cardiology Units, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
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  • Mary L. Patton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Endocrine-Metabolism and Cardiology Units, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
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  • Dean H. Lockwood, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Endocrine-Metabolism and Cardiology Units, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.

Rochester, New York, USA

Accepted 25 August 1982.

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 This work was supported by a grant (RR 00044) from the General Clinical Research Centers Program of the Division of Research Resources and by a grant from the Delmark Company, Inc.

☆☆ This work was presented in part at the Meetings of the American Federation for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts.

PII: 0002-9343(83)90804-5

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 74, Issue 6 , Pages 1016-1022, June 1983