Diagnosis. Stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (apical ballooning syndrome). Management. The patient was monitored with cardiac telemetry. Metoprolol and ramipril were continued. A 54-year ...

Death by heartbreak doesn't just happen in stories. In real life, severe stress can cause the sometimes-fatal takotsubo syndrome.

The ECG findings in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ― also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart syndrome or apical-ballooning syndrome ― are nonspecific, meaning there is not one ...

Known as broken heart syndrome, or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ... when patients are evaluated in the catheterization lab, their arteries usually show no significant blockages or coronary artery ...