Broken heart syndrome

Rhode Island, March 28: Broken Heart Syndrome, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is an uncommon condition of the heart that is misdiagnosed as a massive heart attack, but which, in fact, just temporarily “stuns” the heart.

Researchers are still groping in the dark to understand what physical processes cause it, but believe that a sudden emotional stress can trigger it. The disease is often indistinguishable from a heart attack initially, but, unlike a heart attack, it involves no lasting damage to the heart muscle.

Misdiagnosed for a heart attack, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy causes no lasting damage to the heart muscle in fact