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Table 1 Mayo Clinic diagnostic criteria for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy [8]

From: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in cancer patients

For the diagnosis of TCM, the “Mayo Clinic criteria” must be met, which include [8]:

1. Transient hypokinesis, akinesis or dyskinesis of left ventricular mid segments with/without apical involvement, regional wall motion abnormality extending beyond a single vascular territory, and a stressful trigger is often, but not always, present;

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

3. New ECG abnormalities consisting of ST elevation or T wave inversion with modest elevation in cardiac troponins;

4. Absence of pheochromocytoma and myocarditis