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The visit was part of ongoing engagement between the University of Galway’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the RNLI crew
A broken heart is the subject matter for countless love songs, but experiencing a traumatic event like the loss of a loved one can have serious cardiac consequences. Broken heart syndrome, known in the medical world as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo, is a condition that was only recognised relatively recently, but may be more common than we think. Because it’s often brought on by stressful situations, extreme emotions and even physical shock, it can strike healthy people who have never experienced cardiac-related problems in their lives. It came as a massive shock to Deirdre Doyle (66),...