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Case Report

Volume 13, Number 1, February 2022, pages 65-70

“Broken Heart” and “Broken Brain”: Which Connection?

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a, b) Apical four- and two-chamber views on TTE on admission. (c) GLS on TTE on admission. (d) Left ventricular angiography. Apical akinesia (apical ballooning) can be appreciated in all. TTE: transthoracic echocardiography; GLS: global longitudinal strain.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Tortuous coronary arteries without relevant stenosis.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. (a, b) Follow-up of apical four- and two-chamber view, respectively. Normalization of left ventricular geometry with no apical ballooning.