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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. See here for management of Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia , which includes Torsades. Could the dysrhythmias have been prevented?

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