Passing quietly away from sheer heartbreak is a trope that pops up in myth and fantasy. In the Star Wars universe, Padmé Amidala may have died of a broken heart after her husband turned to the dark ...

DALLAS, May 14, 2025 — Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is associated with a high rate of death and complications, and those rates were unchanged between 2016 and 2020, ...

Patients with Takotsubo syndrome are most likely to die from a cardiovascular cause over the long term, with an overall mortality risk approaching that of patients who have had an acute MI, according ...

It is often mistaken for a heart attack, but Takotsubo cardiomyopathy – previously known as Broken Heart syndrome – is a serious and sometimes fatal heart condition increasingly reported in intensive ...

The Diagnosis in Oncology article by Schweizer et al, entitled "Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Patient With Squamous Cell Esophageal Carcinoma" (J Clin Oncol 10.1200 ...