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Sir: We thank Dr. Vieweg for his comments regarding ourrecent article.¹Dr. Vieweg is correct to state that serum potassium concentrationhas an important bearing on cardiac repolarization, a factabout which we are well aware. There are also a number ofother risk factors for cardiac repolarization abnormalities thathave been reviewed elsewhere.²‘ ‹