The left ventricle is the main blood-pumping chamber of your heart. When the heart muscle in this chamber squeezes, oxygen-rich blood is pumped out of the heart to supply the organs and tissues of ...

A 32-year-old primiparous woman underwent emergency caesarean delivery and subsequently developed peripartum takotsubo cardiomyopathy, necessitating transfer to a tertiary critical care and heart ...

The specific mechanism remains unclear and the scope of the problem is still unknown, but something about the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be causing an uptick in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, clinicians on ...

Physical triggers, rather than emotional shocks, appear to carry a worse prognosis and a higher risk of recurrence for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, according to a new analysis of the ...

It is often mistaken for a heart attack, but Takotsubo cardiomyopathy – previously known as Broken Heart syndrome – is a serious and sometimes fatal heart condition increasingly reported in intensive ...

The authors describe how to diagnose and treat Takotsubo syndrome in a patient with COVID-19. This is the seventh installment of our 8-part series on cardiovascular complications in patients with ...