Recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy with variant forms of left ventricular dysfunction.

A 78-year-old man presented to our emergency department with dyspnea. The patient was diagnosed as having pneumonia from the chest X-ray which depicted mass-like opacity in the left lower lobe. On the 5th hospital day, electrocardiography showed giant negative T waves in pericardial leads and echocardiography demonstrated left ventricular apical akinesis and basal hyperkinesis.