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Introduction Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTCM) is an often reversible injury of the myocardium caused by catecholamine excess, usually after a stressor.1 The first case series were described by Tsuchihashi et al. three decades ago, and it was named due to the resemblance of the left ventricle (LV) in ventriculography to a Japanese pot used to catch octopuses. It usually affects post-menopausal women and has a typical form involving the mid and apical segments of the LV (apical ballooning), and atypical forms (mid, basal and focal TTCM).2 Mid-ventricular TTCM is a rare variant that affects the mid-segments of the LV, and accounts for 14.6% of pa