Tako-tsubo or stress cardiomyopathy (also known as apical ballooning syndrome) is a rare, reversible cardiomyopathy. 1 Tako-tsubo is the Japanese word for an “octopus-trapping pot’’ that has a ...

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.

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(Bill and Margaret are composites of several cases.) Broken heart syndrome, or stress cardiomyopathy, was first described in 1990 in Japan, where it is known as takotsubo syndrome.

People experiencing broken heart syndrome or stress cardiomyopathy have many of the same symptoms of an actual heart attack, including the crushing chest pain that we associate with heart attacks ...

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Rather, stress cardiomyopathy is triggered by a sudden surge in stress hormones that stun the heart, and stop it beating.

Stress cardiomyopathy (SCM) is a reversible, self-limiting condition that manifests as left ventricular insufficiency.