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Broken Heart Syndrome

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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BROKEN HEART SYNDROME

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WHAT IS IT?

  • Broken Heart Syndrome is a temporary heart condition caused
  • by grief or stress. There is a disruption of your heart's normal
  • function in the left ventricle of the heart.
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?

  • Patients experience chest pains
  • and may think they are having a
  • heart attack.
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HOW IS IT CONTRACTED?

  • Broken heart syndrome is
  • caused by grief and/or stress
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IS IT CONTAGIOUS?

  • Broken heart syndrome is
  • not contagious, because it is caused by
  • stress.
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HOW MANY CASES IN 2013?

  • There were 6,873 patients diagnosed
  • with Broken Heart Snydrome last year among
  • 33,506,402 hospitals nation wide.
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DO CHILDREN GET IT?

  • No, Broken Heart Syndrome is
  • typically found in older women and men.
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HOW IS IT TREATED?

  • An ultrasound and sometimes a MRI study are performed to
  • evaluate the heart. vital signs are monitored and blood is
  • Tested for a protein released by injured heart muscle. Medicines
  • are give to speed up heart recovery and prevent blood
  • clotting.
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IS IT CURABLE?

  • Broken Heart Syndrome is curable
  • and is treated much like a heart attack.
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