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Figure 2 Time course of left ventriculograms (top panel) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images (bottom panel) in a patient with tako-tsubo-like left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Tako-tsubo-like LV dysfunction complicated by a pressure gradient of 70 mm Hg through the LV outflow tract and moderate mitral regurgitation was dramatically resolved after 14 days. In this case, early SPECT revealed similarly reduced uptake between ²⁰¹Tl and ¹²³I-BMIPP at eight days. Although reduced uptake of ²⁰¹Tl improved at 15 days, reduced uptake of ¹²³I-BMIPP was sustained even after resolution of tako-tsubo-like LV dysfunction. ED = end-diastole; ES = end-systole; LCA = left coronary artery.