Figure 3

Native cardiac magnetic resonance imaging cine sequences. The row above shows the end diastolic, the row below the end systolic state of the cardiac cycle. Column a shows a patient with normal left ventricular function and a symmetric contractility of the myocardium throughout the left ventricle, b shows a patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy with normal contractility of the basal myocardium and impaired apical contractility with ballooning, c is the patient of this case report with reverse (inverted) takotsubo cardiomyopathy with normal contractility of the apical myocardium and impaired contractility of the basal parts.