The takotsubo syndrome also called hypertrophic stress cardiomyopathy or shattered heart syndrome, is a clinical entity characterized by dysfunction of the left ventricle that manifests itself with symptoms that can simulate a real acute coronary syndrome. The shape of a left ventricle basket is observed on the image. To look far you have to climb on the shoulders of the giants…
Pierluigi Incarnato, TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)