Groundbreaking research by several top American medical centers has identified a COVID pandemic spike in cases of so-called 'broken heart syndrome,' a potentially deadly stress-induced heart condition that doctors say is disproportionately impacting women.
have each been tracking a recent surge in cases, likely spiking substantially during the pandemic, they say. The data is still being gathered and long-term implications examined.
"Hearing that my son might not have been OK, that certainly could have triggered me, maybe more because of past trauma," Pilja said."Despite being on pain medication, I was able to feel some concerning symptoms. I had really bad dizziness and I had the worst headache I've ever had in my life." The brain-heart connection is at the center of Dr. Bairey Merz's research at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute. ABC News got an exclusive look inside the hospital's high-tech simulation center where imaging data illustrates how stress can literally break a heart.Ballooning of the heart, seen here on a sonogram, is a key indicator of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a stress-induced condition during which the heart stops pumping efficiently.
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