Stress-induced cardiomyopathy: The broken heart or ‘takotsubo’ syndrome
The fact that an individual may feel ‘broken hearted’ has been known for generations, indeed some patients have been said to ‘die of a broken heart’. The underlying mechanisms of this have always been unclear. A recently identified unique morphological and functional cardiac abnormality has been associated with patients presenting with cardiac symptoms after a […]
Dr Mike Couzins, Dr Stephen Harden
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust