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A case of takotsubo syndrome complicated with cardiac amyloidosis. (A, B) Echocardiography shows diffuse left ventricular hypertrophy and hypokinesis and akinesis of the left (arrows) and right ventricular (arrow heads) apical segments.
(B) 99 m Tc-pyrophosphate (99 m Tc-PYP) myocardial scintigraphy demonstrates significant uptake (arrows), suggesting the diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
