Table 1.

Modified Mayo criteria for the diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

1. Transient hypokinesis, akinesis, or dyskinesis in the left ventricular midsegments, with or without apical involvement; regional wall motion abnormalities beyond single vascular territory in the presence of a stress trigger.

2. Absence of coronary disease or angiographic evidence of plaque rupture

3. New electrocardiographic abnormalities or modest elevation of cardiac troponin

4. Absence of pheochromocytoma or myocarditis