Broken heart syndrome, or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a real and potentially fatal condition, especially for men. A new study reveals that men are twice as likely to die from it compared to women.

Patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), which is typically due to a neurocardiogenic mechanism, with migraine have lower odds of mortality and acute complications compared with TCM patients ...

In this installment, we will discuss Takotsubo syndrome (also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome) in patients with COVID-19.

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 ...

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 ...

Patients who suffer from broken heart syndrome, also called takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTS), describe symptoms similar to those of a heart attack — shortness of breath, or sudden chest pain.

Emotionally traumatic events may weaken the heart’s left ventricle, causing Takotsubo cardiomyopathy—or, ‘a broken heart.’ Unsplash/Jacob Culp In most depressing news, a “broken heart ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is associated with long-term symptomatic and functional impairment due to subclinical cardiac dysfunction, according to results from the HEROIC study.Although there is a ...

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 ...

Takotsubo-like catecholamine cardiomyopathy occurred in nearly 3% of patients with secreting pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, researchers in Canada reported.“Pheochromocytoma and ...

It reflects correlation, not causation, but male active marijuana users who present with MI-like symptoms may actually have stress cardiomyopathy, an observational study suggests.

We conducted a retrospective study to explore microcirculatory analysis in patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy by calculating TFC in the three main coronary vessels: the LAD, circumflex artery ...