A 55-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for end stage renal disease
on hemodialysis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease status post
four vessel coronary artery bypass grafting six years earlier, presented to the emergency
department after feeling dizzy, lethargic, and weak.
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