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Dr. Tsutomu Murakami of Sakakibara Heart Institute (Fuchu, Tokyo), a member of Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, made a presentation of characteristics of takotsubo cardiomyopathy at the 76th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society, 2012. Fukuoka, Japan, June 16–18, 2012.