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Herein, we present a case report of 80-year-old patient admitted for chest pain at rest, started few days earlier following a violent argument. Her medical history included arterial hypertension and recent surgery of descending colon adenocarcinoma. Electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm, negative T waves from V1 to V6, in D2, D3, AVF, and long QTc. Laboratory examinations documented an increased high sensitivity Troponin I, myoglobin, creatine kinase-MB, and B-type natriuretic peptide. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed a reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, \u201capical ballooning\u201d with hyperkinesis of the basal segments of LV, suggestive for stress cardiomyopathy. A large thrombus in LV apex (3.3 cm \u00d7 2.1 cm) was found. Coronary angiogram showed normal coronary arteries. Anticoagulant therapy with Warfarin was quickly started, bridging with unfractionated heparin. Cardiac surgery was excluded for high-risk surgical patient. Daily TTE monitoring was done with evidence of slight reduction of the LVT. After 7\n                    <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                    day from admission, the patient complained an intense and sudden pain in lower extremities bilaterally. An acute occlusion of the descending aorta just above the bifurcation in the common iliac arteries was found. Interventional radiology procedure of recanalization of the bis-iliac carrefour was successfully performed. 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