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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

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Hospital Course The patient was taken emergently to the cath lab which did not reveal any significant coronary artery disease, but she was noted to have reduced EF consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Here is the cath report: Echocardiogram: There is severe hypokinesis of entire LV apex and apical segment of all the walls.

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