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Figure 7 Angiogram in Stress Cardiomyopathy

Left ventricular angiogram in diastole (left) and systole (right) in right anterior oblique projection demonstrating wall motion abnormality characteristic of stress cardiomyopathy. At end systole, left ventricular chamber adopts distinctive "short neck with round flask" configuration in which distal (apical) portion is akinetic/hypokinetic whereas, in contrast, the remaining proximal (basal) segment is hypercontractile (sharp area of transition is shown by arrows). Reprinted, with permission, from Sharkey et al. (16).