Broken Heart Syndrome Still Deadly, Especially for Men, Study Concludes

Source: Google NewsA large U.S. study suggests that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy—also known as broken heart syndrome—continues to carry a high risk of death and severe complications, with no improvement in outcomes from 2016 to 2020. Often triggered by extreme emotional or physical stress, the condition mimics a heart attack and mainly affects older women, though men experience more than twice the mortality rate. The results appear in the Journal of the American...