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Fact or fiction: can we die from a broken heart?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageBroken heart syndrome is a real thing.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Dying of a broken heart is more than a myth. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (also known as broken heart syndrome) is a condition first recognised by Japanese researchers more than 20 years ago, and it has gained a great deal of attention in Western countries in the past ten years.

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