All you need to know about Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Know your ailment well, so you can manage it better!! Here we come with Apical ballooning syndrome today! What is Broken heart syndrome? Broken heart syndrome is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Apical ballooning syndrome, apical ballooning cardiomyopathy, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, Gebrochenes-Herz-Syndrome, or simply stress cardiomyopathy.