Broken Heart Syndrome: When Stress Literally Stuns the Heart
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- Understand how severe emotional or physical stress—especially sudden loss—can trigger Takotsubo syndrome, a condition that mimics a heart attack but occurs even when coronary arteries are clear.
- Discover why more than 90% of reported cases affect women ages 58–75 and how up to 5% of women diagnosed with heart attacks may actually be experiencing broken heart syndrome.
- Learn how stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine can “stun” the heart—and how acupressure points such as Heart 7 and Pericardium 6 may help regulate stress and calm the heart during crisis.
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