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Life-Threatening Ventricular Tachycardia and Transient Brugada-Like Electrocardiographic Abnormalities Caused by Severe Hyperkalemia Due to Urinary Retention in a 55-Year-Old Man.
Am J Case RepOct 13, 2026
A 55-year-old man without known cardiovascular disease presented with palpitations, dyspnea, and diaphoresis, then developed hemodynamically unstable sustained wide-QRS ventricular tachycardia with recurrent episodes…
Clinical pearl
In a patient with ventricular tachyarrhythmia and Brugada-like right-precordial changes, assess for severe hyperkalemia and reversible renal causes, including urinary retention; the ECG abnormalities may resolve when…