Broken heart syndrome may cause chest pain and shortness of breath after a stressful event. The symptoms may look similar to a heart attack, but the underlying problem is different. Women over 50 are ...

Emotional stress can lead to dangerous, potentially fatal cardiovascular issues for some In the moment, broken heart syndrome is indistinguishable from a heart attack If you think you’re having a ...

Broken heart syndrome occurs when part of the heart muscle weakens suddenly, causing the base of the heart to squeeze abnormally while the rest balloons outward. Unlike a heart attack, which is caused ...

Feel free to cry over a pint of ice cream — but it’s not what’s going to mend your broken heart. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy — commonly known as broken heart syndrome — is a very real condition that is ...

It might sound like something from a romance novel, but it is possible to die from a broken heart. However, some people are much more vulnerable to this condition than others. Newsweek spoke to ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Having a broken heart can mean more than an emotional wound. Broken heart syndrome is a condition where some of your heart muscle weakens rapidly and typically happens after ...

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.