‘Broken heart syndrome’ increased during COVID-19

The incidence of stress cardiomyopathy, also known as takotsubo syndrome or broken heart syndrome, increased in patients with ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic, researchers found. “The fact that stress cardiomyopathy happens with heightened stress is not new,” Ankur Kalra, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, associate professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic

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