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What does too much potassium do to the heart?
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Causes arrhythmia : Very high potassium (k) is a medical emergency. High k causes muscle weakness, paralysis, nausea, but most worrisome: heart arrhythmia's. In fact, k is used to stop the heart for open heart surgery. With high k, the ekg changes its waveform.
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Arrhythmia: It may cause irregular heart beat that can be life threatening.
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