Broken heart syndrome is also known as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo syndrome. Symptoms are similar to a heart attack and occur when a person experiences severe emotional or physical stress. When ...

Two days after fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, her husband, Joe Garcia, suddenly died as well. Family members attributed his death to a broken heart.

Heartbreak is a feeling that leaves you in pain, sobbing or feeling completely hollow inside. However, Broken Heart Syndrome, medically known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is far more than just a ...

Broken heart syndrome mostly affects post-menopausal people after extreme stress. Most people recover from broken heart syndrome within weeks. You can manage your stress to prevent broken heart ...