Brain changes linked to emotion ‘found in people with broken heart syndrome’

Changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion have been identified in people with takotsubo syndrome, according to research led by the University of Aberdeen (Peter Byrne/PA)

Changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion have been identified in people with “broken heart syndrome”, according to research.

Takotsubo syndrome, as it is formally called, is a sudden form of acute heart failure which is estimated to affect as many as 5,000 people in the UK each year and is mainly seen in post-menopausal women.