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case_images: The intraoperative ECG showed acute myocardial infarction like changes and ST segment elevations in the I-III, aVR and the V3 to V6 leads.
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case_images: The intraoperative ECG showed acute ST elevations (Fig. 1), as typically associated with acute myocardial infarction.
case_images: Echocardiography showed characteristic kinetic disturbances in the apical heart region.
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case_images: In cardiac angiography, no critical coronary disease was observed, but the presence of a typical apical ballooning and midventricular hypokinesis (Fig. 2).
case_images: Levocardiography in the right anterior oblique position shows the picture of an octopus pot, which is characteristic for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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case_images: The following levocardiography showed the typical octopus pot configuration of the heart (Fig. 3).