'Broken heart syndrome' is seasonal American PROVIDENCE, R.I. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say patients with "broken heart syndrome" rarely die if they who get full medical support the first 48 hours.
The researchers at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., analyzed records of 70 patients diagnosed with the syndrome, medically referred to Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Broken heart syndrome symptoms typically mimic a heart attack and tend to follow exposure to an intense physical or emotional event. The study, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, finds two- thirds of the patients -- almost all post-menopausal women -- had experienced a stressful physical or emotional event just before arriving at a hospital with heart attack-like symptoms, including chest pain and shortness of breath. Although 20 percent were critically ill and required emergency treatment to keep them alive, all patients survived the first 48 hours and experienced a full and complete recovery. The researchers were surprised the majority of the broken heart syndrome cases occurred during the spring and summer months -- in complete contrast to the seasonal timing of heart attacks, which tend to occur during the winter months. "Some believe it is simply a form of a heart attack that 'aborts' itself early and therefore doesn't leave any permanent heart muscle damage," lead author Richard Regnante of Brown University and The Miriam Hospital said in a statement. "Others say that the syndrome has nothing to do with the coronary arteries and is simply a problem with the heart muscle." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gugukluhayat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gugukluhayat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
