Articles related to "Stress Cardiomyopathy"

Can stress mimic a heart attack and become heart disease? Get to know stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome.

It feels like a heart attack, but it isn't. And a clean EKG doesn't mean you aren't in danger.

Today's older adults are under a lot of stress-physical, emotional, and financial. Besides a heart attack, these stresses can lead to a more subtle danger.

It's called the "broken heart" syndrome or Takotsubo/Stress Cardiomyopathy. Induced by sudden, overwhelming emotional stress it victimizes mostly women.