We have read with great interest the article of Núñez Gil et al1 recently published in this Journal. The authors report on a retrospective series of patients with transient midventricular dyskinesias (TMVD). As they point out, the incidence of this new variant seems to be lower than that of the apical forms (TAD),1 although some authors report that they might be underestimated and that they con...

Tako-Tsubo (TT) cardiomyopathy is a rare clinical entity, initially described in Japan, characterized by a transient apical dyskinesia of unknown origin.1,2 Patients present with signs and symptoms typical of myocardial infarction, but the epicardial coronary arteries are normal and left ventricular wall motion abnormalities spontaneously resolve during follow-up.1–2 Although different etiologi...

specific (tsubo-type) left ventriculographic configuration due to multivessel spasm. In: Kodama K, Haze K, Hori M, editors. Clinical Aspect of Myocardial Injury: From Ischemia to Heart Failure [in Japanese]. Tokyo: Kagakuhyouronsya, 1990:56–64. 3. Dote K, Sato H, Tateishi H, et al. Myocardial stunning due to simultaneous multivessel spasms: a review of 5 cases [in Japanese with English abstract...