Heartbreak can, quite literally, break your heart

Aug 18, 2010 20:43

jeeebus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy

In brief, severe emotional stress - such as the lost of a loved one - can weaken severely a section of the heart muscle, which then leads to cardiac congestion and possibly death. However, if the patient survives the initial crisis, he or she will usually fully recover.

damn...

love, science

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