Diagnosis. Stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (apical ballooning syndrome). Management. The patient was monitored with cardiac telemetry. Metoprolol and ramipril were continued. A 54-year ...

The ECG findings in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ― also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart syndrome or apical-ballooning syndrome ― are nonspecific, meaning there is not one ...

A heart attack and broken heart syndrome share similar symptoms But the two are separate conditions requiring distinct ...

As expected, exertion was a significant trigger of symptoms; however, emotional stress was also reported as a trigger of symptoms in almost half of respondents. Emotional triggering of symptoms ...

Background: Symptoms are among the most important factors impacting quality of life (QOL) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients, and reflect a poor prognosis. Whether emotional stress can ...

There are cases of sudden cardiac arrest happening among young men and women. According to doctors, most cases happen due to undiagnosed heart conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, ...

probably just as a result of excessive RV wall stress during exercise. The syndrome of ‘exercise-induced arrhythmogenic RV cardiomyopathy’ may easily be overlooked. Sports cardiologists, like ...