You'll have to ask your doctor EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT THESE CARDIAC PROBLEMS. If they aren't even contacting researchers to get this solved they need to be fired.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken-heart syndrome)
The latest here:
Post-Stroke Cardiovascular Complications and Neurogenic Cardiac Injury: JACC State-of-the-Art Review
JACC State-of-the-Art Review
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Abstract
Over 1.5 million deaths worldwide are caused by neurocardiogenic syndromes. Furthermore, the consequences of deleterious brain-heart interactions are not limited to fatal complications. Cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, and nonfatal coronary syndromes are also common. The brain-heart axis is implicated in post-stroke cardiovascular complications known as the stroke-heart syndrome, sudden cardiac death, and Takotsubo syndrome, among other neurocardiogenic syndromes. Multiple pathophysiological mechanisms with the potential to be targeted with novel therapies have been identified in the last decade. In the present state-of-the-art review, we describe recent advances in the understanding of anatomical and functional aspects of the brain-heart axis, cardiovascular complications after stroke, and a comprehensive pathophysiological model of stroke-induced cardiac injury.
Highlights
| • | Stroke-induced cardiac injury is caused by autonomic and inflammatory mechanisms mediated by damage to the brain-heart axis. | ||||
| • | Some of the recently identified mechanisms could be targeted for prevention of cardiovascular complications of stroke. | ||||
| • | Mechanistic research and clinical trials are needed to develop specific therapies for prevention of neurocardiogenic syndromes. | ||||
