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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

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The patient stabilized and had a good outcome. Could the dysrhythmias have been prevented? Severe hypokalemia in the setting of STEMI or dysrhythmias is life-threatening and needs very rapid treatment. The QT is much shorter There are now clear U-waves in V2 and V3 2 days later, this ECG was recorded with a K of 3.5:

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