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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

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And of course Ken's comments at the bottom) An elderly obese woman with cardiomyopathy, Left bundle branch block, and chronic hypercapnea presented hypoxic with altered mental status. Discontinue all negative chronotropic agents, since the risk of torsade is much higher with bradycardia or pauses. She was intubated. The plan: 1.