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What Becomes of the Broken-hearted

Juliet Sullivan
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781781612620
  • Dimensions: 138 x 217mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Feb 2025
  • Publisher: Hammersmith Health Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes suddenly and severely weakened as a result of great emotional and/or physical stress, causing the heart's left ventricle (main pumping chamber) to become significantly enlarged, resembling a Japanese octopus trap (a tako-tsubo). Correctly diagnosed and treated, the condition is usually fully reversible. Based around her own experience of this syndrome following her mother's suicide, the Author explains the risks, the signs to look out for, the Dos and Don'ts and the best ways to promote recovery. She includes a selection of other patients' stories that show the diversity of traumas that can lead to the syndrome, as well as input from a range of health professionals who share the difficulties of identifying and treating the condition.

About Juliet Sullivan

Juliet Sullivan is a recent and initially reluctant 'expert' on broken-heart syndrome having suffered a collapse following the death of her mother and its very stressful aftermath. In the past she has been a journalist, having written for, among others, the Mail, She Magazine and her local newspaper and for three years a regular column in the Canadian newspaper The Province entitled Diary of an Immigrant. She balances this with being a real estate agent, Christmas tree seller and wife and mother, living partly in England and partly in Canada. Her other books include her successful The Gallstone-Friendly Diet (also with Hammersmith Health Books), a more general cookery book - The Best of British Cookery - plus All Shook Up, the account of Suzie Derrett's natural battle with cancer, and a children's book about her Instagram-famous cat Benny.

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