#cardiac-rehabilitation

#cardiac-rehabilitation

"I've been doing everything possible in my power to be on the pitch in a game again. I'm so excited to be back and to be in a position to return to the pitch," King told ESPN this week. "I think it's going to be such a big moment for not just me but my family, the club, really everyone that has experienced something really hard in their life, especially a cardiac event."

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are living with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, known as broken heart syndrome, which causes the heart muscle to change shape and suddenly weaken. It is usually triggered by severe emotional or physical stress, such as losing a loved one. Patients may experience symptoms similar to a heart attack and face twice the risk of dying early compared with the general population.