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10:00Broken Heart Syndrome

Some people with heart attack symptoms are actually suffering from what doctors call 'broken heart syndrome'. Two cardiologists join Diane to talk about how this condition is triggered, identified, and treated.

Guests

Dr. Ilan Wittstein, cardiologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dr. Scott Sharkey, cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Foundation

11:00Readers' Review: "The Wife" by Meg Wolitzer

Listeners join an in-studio panel to discuss this story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist and his wife.

Guests

Colbert King, "Washington Post"

Kate Lehrer, author, most recently of "Confessions of a Bigamist."

Kermit Moyer, professor of literature at American University

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