What comes to your mind when your think of a broken heart? One can visualise it as a simple line crossed over a heart. But in real, apical ballooning syndrome or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a stress-induced cardiomyopathy predominantly occurs in post-menopausal women and commonly due to emotional or physical stress. This condition can lead to cardiac consequences. The syndrome is usually spontaneously reversible and cardiovascular function returns to normal after a few weeks.
This article provides an insight of this entity. Broken heart syndrome is a condition in which extreme stress can lead to heart muscle failure. The failure is severe, but often short-term. Most of the people who suffer from broken heart syndrome think they might be suffering from a heart attack, a more common medical emergency caused by a blocked coronary (heart) artery. These two conditions have similar…
