A 74-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with acute chest pain. She had been diagnosed with depression two years earlier, for which she was taking antidepressants. Chest radiograph was normal. Electrocardiogram showed ST segment elevations and T wave inversions in the anterior leads (Fig. 1a). Blood tests revealed elevated levels of creatine kinase, brain natriuretic peptide, and troponin I. Echocardiography demonstrated left ventricular severe apical hypokinesis. While coronary angiography denoted no coronary artery disease, left ventriculography detected systolic apical ballooning with basal wall hyperkinesis (Fig.
