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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

If there is polymorphic VT with a long QT on the baseline ECG, then generally we call that Torsades, but Non-Torsades Polymorphic VT can result from ischemia alone. I have read articles that say that patients without ischemia are at low risk of complications from hypokalemia, But it is not entirely without risk. Crit Care Med.

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