Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Two Patients without Any Cardiac Symptom on Maintenance Hemodialysis

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Case 2. ((a), (b)) Echocardiogram on admission demonstrated apical akinesis and ballooning of the left ventricle apex (arrows). (a) End-diastolic phase; (b) end-systolic phase. ((c), (d)) Echocardiogram 3 weeks later showed recovered left ventricular apical wall motion (c) End-diastolic phase; (d) end-systolic phase.

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