Also knownas “broken heartsyndrome,” “apical ballooningsyndrome,” and “stress inducedcardiomyopathy,” Takotsubocardiomyopathy(TCM)was first describedinJapanin1990 [1].The conditionischaracterizedbytransientsystolicdysfunc-tion oftheapicalandmiddlesegmentsoftheleftventricle(with preservedcontractionoftheleftventricularbase),anappearancewhich,onleftventriculogram(incasesofapicaldysfunction)mimicsaJapaneseoctopustrapor “tako tsubo.”TCM mostcommonlyoccursinpostmenopausalwomenandis oftenbroughtonbyintenseemotionalstress.TCMwas firstrecognizedbytheAmericanHeartAssociationasatypeofacquiredcardiomyopathyin2006 [2].