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Age and sex distribution of patients with takotsubo syndrome. Reprinted with permission from Templin et al.

Emotional and physical stress factors precipitating takotsubo syndrome. Reprinted, modified, and translated with permission from Schlossbauer et al. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PRES, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.

The four different types of takotsubo syndrome during diastole (left column) and systole (middle column). The right column depicts diastole in red and systole in white. The blue dashed lines demonstrate the region of the wall motion abnormality. Reprinted and modified with permission from Templin et al.

Historical Japanese octopus trap (left). Courtesy of Dr Templin, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Left ventriculogram of the first reported case of takotsubo syndrome. Diastole (A) and systole (B) during the acute phase of takotsubo syndrome. Recovery of left ventricular wall motion abnormality two weeks after the event (C and D). Courtesy of Dr Dote, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.