Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, also called left apical ventricular ballooning syndrome, is a transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction usually attributed to an acute stress situation, mimicking an acute coronary syndrome despite normal epicardial arteries. LV shape in Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is described as looking like a Japanese fishing pot used for trapping octopuses, with a round bottom and a narrow neck. However, variants have been reported with right ventricular, mid-ventricular, or basal involvement, which are referred to as inverted Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. To our knowledge, inverted in contrast to typical Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy echocardiography patterns were rarely reported in poisonings.
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