Patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy have similar long-term outcomes to patients with ACS, but despite what has been previously assumed about this rare condition, so-called broken-heart syndrome can ...

Background: A 71-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain after an episode of acute emotional distress. Her serum levels of cardiac enzymes were slightly elevated and electrocardiography ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also known as also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart syndrome or apical-ballooning syndrome and occurs with a sudden increase in sympathetic nervous ...

About one in 10 patients who present with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy are no more than 50 years old, with individuals in this cohort more likely to be men and to present with coexisting acute ...

A new study has identified differences in the brain present in patients with the cardiac disorder Takotsubo syndrome vs control scans, which may lead to new therapeutic targets. Takotsubo syndrome is ...

What is Broken Heart Syndrome? The first thing that comes to mind when one hears the name ‘broken heart syndrome’ is the typical traumatic scene in Indian cinema. A mother hears of her son’s death, ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, an acute heart failure syndrome triggered by an emotionally stressful episode, was believed to be a transient and self-limiting condition, because patients have spontaneous ...

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 ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is a sudden stress-induced heart condition. It is not a heart attack but can cause similar symptoms. Underlying heart disease does not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The “broken heart syndrome,” also known as “Takotsubo cardiomyopathy,” or “stress induced cardiomyopathy,” or ...