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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. It would be difficult to get a nurse to give it faster! Most recent echo showed EF of 60%. He had recently had a NonSTEMI. Is 40 mEq too much?

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