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Ventricular arrhythmias and hypokalaemia
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Ventricular arrhythmias and hypokalaemia
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Abstract
Two cases of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia (torsade de pointes) due to chronic mild hypokalaemia, caused by hyperaldosteronism and familial periodic paralysis are described. Correction of the hypokalaemia, supplemented by mexiletine, controlled the arrhythmias.
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