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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Referring to a broken heart usually doesn’t signal mortal peril, but a new study has identified a condition associated with heartbreak and comparable to acute coronary artery syndrome. “Broken-heart ...

In addition to ECG findings, cardiac biomarkers are elevated. Troponin, creatine kinase, and creatine kinase-MB results are positive, but they tend to be less elevated than in an acute myocardial ...

New mechanisms underlying Takotsubo syndrome, often dubbed "broken heart syndrome," are suggested from hemodynamic studies, which could lead to new treatment strategies for the condition. Takotsubo ...

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 ...

Aims The obesity paradox has been described in different cardiovascular conditions. Data on the association between obesity and outcomes in patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) are lacking. The aim ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications volume 4, issue 1, pp. 25-30(6); DOI https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2019.0008, Sohah N. Iqbal, MD ...