TY - BOOK AU - Stamp,Nikki TI - CAN YOU DIE OF A BROKEN HEART?: A HEART SURGEON'S insight into keeping your most vital organ healthy SN - 9781911632542 U1 - 616.1 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New South Wales : PB - Murdoch Books, KW - Cardiovascular system KW - Diseases KW - Emotions KW - Heart diseases KW - Psychology KW - Heart KW - Transplantation KW - Australia N1 - First published in 2018. Includes index N2 - When actress Debbie Reynolds died a day after her beloved daughter, Carrie Fisher, the world diagnosed it as 'heartbreak'. But what's the evidence? Does emotional upheaval affect the heart? Can love, or chocolate, really heal our heart problems? And why do we know so much about heart attacks in men, when they are more fatal in women? Heart and lung surgeon Dr Nikki Stamp takes us into the operating theatre, explaining what she sees in patients with heart complications and how a life-saving transplant works. Stamp fell in the love with the heart as a child and continues to be fascinated by its workings and the whole-of-life experiences that affect it. Rich with anecdotes, and insights for maintaining heart health, Can You Die of a Broken Heart? is the international bestseller from a uniquely positioned young specialist ER -