A 78-year-old man with advanced renal disease has the ECG shown in Figure below (lead II). What is the diagnosis?
No atrial activity is detected. The ventricular rate is slightly irregular. Beat number 4 is a ventricular premature contraction. The T waves are tall and markedly peaked. This type of T wave is characteristic of hyperkalemia, as is absence of visible atrial activity.The potassium level was 8.2mmol/L.
hyperkalemia
hypercalcemia
hypernatremia
pericarditis
C.V.S.