A 99-year old patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy recovering from cardiogenic shock

Takotsubo syndrome(TTS)is a rare clinical entity conmmonly seen in post-menopausal women after an emotional or sometimes physical stress.[1,2]This syndrome is thought to be caused by increased circulation catecholamine levels secondary to an adrenergic stimulus resulting in transient coronary spasm and microvascular dysfunction.[3]TTS is characterized by acute and reversible left ventricular dysfunction with the typical ECG and clinical findings of an