# @science on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-03-19T19:30:18.000+00:00
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💔 This broken-heart syndrome is also known as stress cardiomyopathy or the "takotsubo syndrome." It can occur when a person experiences severe emotional or physical stress.⁠
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Takotsubo symptoms are indistinguishable from those of a heart attack. An electrocardiogram (ECG) may show abnormalities similar to those found in some heart attacks — in particular, changes known as ST-segment elevation. Consequently, imaging studies and other measures are needed to rule out a heart attack. To get a definitive diagnosis, clinicians look for the following:⁠
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- No evidence on an angiogram of blockages in the coronary arteries, the most common cause of heart attacks.⁠
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- An echocardiogram (ultrasound image) or other imaging technique that shows abnormal movements in the walls of the left ventricle. The most common abnormality in takotsubo cardiomyopathy — the one that gives the disorder its name — is ballooning of the lower part of the left ventricle (apex). During contraction (systole), this bulging ventricle resembles a tako-tsubo, a pot used by Japanese fishermen to trap octopuses. Another term for the disorder is apical ballooning syndrome.⁠
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