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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

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He also had a history of chronic kidney disease, stage III. Angio had shown some acute disease in the saphenous vein graft to the posterior descending artery off of the RCA. There is also bradycardia. Bradycardia puts patients at risk for "pause-dependent" Torsades de Pointes. Most recent echo showed EF of 60%.

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