In a patient with chronic heart failure on guideline‑directed beta‑blocker therapy (e.g., carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, bisoprolol), should the beta‑blocker be discontinued when stress‑induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy develops?

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