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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Repeat ECG was obtained immediately, just 24 minutes after the prior ECG: Given the context, my top differential diagnosis would be stress cardiomyopathy AKA takotsubo. In my opinion, the more likely explanation is that the ST-T changes are primarily driven by stress cardiomyopathy. Here is a case report and review of the literature.