Broken Heart Syndrome Has High Risk of Death, Complications

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has shown that the risk of death and complications due to Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is high and has remained high in recent years.

The study used information from a database of nearly 200,000 adults in the United States. Using this data, trends, mortality, and complications were evaluated for patients admitted for broken heart syndrome between…