emotional stress
12/14/2017 / By Janine Acero
A different kind of heart attack: New research finds a broken heart permanently weakens the organ in a similar way
Researchers discover that severe emotional distress can damage the heart physically like a heart attack. At least 3,000 adults in the U.K. suffer from Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, colloquially termed as the “broken heart syndrome,” each year. It is caused by bereavement and severe emotional distress, which stuns and weakens the heart. This causes the left ventricle […]
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