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Figure legends:
Figure No. 1: Two chambers echocardiography showing akinetic left ventricular apex (blue arrow) and overall diffuse moderate hypokinesia, features of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Figure no. 2: EKG showing right bundle branch block, ST-elevation changes in the
anterolateral leads with reciprocal changes in inferior leads.
Figure 3: PCI showing proximal LAD lesion with 100% occlusion (blue arrow).
Figure no. 4: PCI showing 100% occlusion of the proximal left circumflex artery (blue arrow)