**8. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy**

Recently, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has been described. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare condition of transient, reversible severe LV dysfunction and characterised by chest pain, dyspnoea, ST-T changes in ECG, ventricular arrhythmias, regional wall motion abnormalities on echocardiography, elevated cardiac enzymes, haemodynamic instability, pulmonary oedema, cardiogenic shock, or cardiac arrest without angiographic evidence of CAD.
