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 ...

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 ...

A diagnosis of stress-induced cardiomyopathy is also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy and broken heart syndrome. It means the heart has been weakened by an acute period of emotional or physical ...

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 ...

Broken heart syndrome is a common name for stress-induced cardiomyopathy, or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a disease that affects the heart’s muscle tissue. In 1990, Japanese researchers named the ...

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 ...

Passing quietly away from sheer heartbreak is a trope that pops up in myth and fantasy. In the Star Wars universe, Padmé Amidala may have died of a broken heart after her husband turned to the dark ...

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 ...

Takotsubo syndrome is uncommon following catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) but can have a malignant presentation that may require immediate intervention, a case series ...