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Hyperkalemia causes cardiac arrest in systole?

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No: Hyperkalemia causes cardiac arrest in diastole.

Answered 3/13/2015

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Dr. Pankaj Kulshrestha answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Hyperkalemia: No, in diastole, i.e. Flaccid heart.

Answered 7/1/2018

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