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

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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions , 82 (6), 909913. Learning points: Takotsubo and OMI can co-exist If max output on the defibrillator doesn't terminate VT, add another defibrillator If amiodarone, lidocaine, and magnesium are ineffective at suppressing VT/VF, consider VA ECMO or propranolol References: AnguloLlanos, R.,