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. 2006 Dec;82(974):e29. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.051367

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Figure 1 (A) The left ventricular angiogram showing left ventricle in diastole. (B) In systole the base of the heart is hyperkinetic, and the apex is hypokinetic, mimicking an octopus pot. (C) “Tako‐tsubo” is Japanese for “octopus pot”, a round‐bottomed, narrow‐necked pot used to catch octopus.