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case_images: (a) ECG of patient upon presentation to the ED, demonstrating characteristics of BDVT. (b) 4 hours later: repeat ECG found to be normal.
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case_images: Initial ECG demonstrated characteristics consistent with BDVT, including tachycardia with a left-axis deviation pattern alternating with a right-axis deviation pattern, as well as an alternating bundle branch block (Figure 1(a)). Repeat ECGs were found to be normal at both twenty minutes and four hours (Figure 1(b)).
case_images: (a) TTE apical 4-chamber view in systole, demonstrating apical ballooning, suggestive of Takotsubo's stress-induced cardiomyopathy. (b) 14 days later: TTE apical 4-chamber view in systole, demonstrating resolution of patient's Takotsubo's stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
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case_images: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) demonstrated midleft ventricular (LV) apical hypokinesis and apical ballooning, basal LV hyperkinesis, and mildly reduced left ventricular systolic function (LVSF) consistent with stress-induced cardiomyopathy (Figure 2(a)). The left ventricle was visualized to be normal in size and without regional wall motion abnormalities (Figure 2(b)).