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Heart treatments given to patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy do not protect them, according to the first ever study to compare these patients with heart attack patients and the general population over more than 5 years. The results of the study, funded by us, have been published today in the journal JACC: Advances.

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We're researching the complex effects of adrenaline on the heart, particularly in 'broken heart syndrome' (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy).

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Imperial College London | Dr Paul Kemp

People with severe heart failure can develop muscle wasting and weakness, which makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks or exercise. Muscle wasting also occurs in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition where high bloo...

The BHF are funding a medical condition known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’ that is all too real for many people in the UK