Broken Heart Syndrome Is Real — And the Pandemic Is Making It Worse

New data suggests more people are developing the symptoms of a broken heart

Eleanor Cummins
Elemental
Published in
6 min readJul 9, 2020

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Illustration: Simone Noronha

Broken heart syndrome is on the rise.

That’s according to a new study in JAMA Network Open that found 7.8% of Cleveland Clinic patients presenting with symptoms of a heart attack in March and April…

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