Women More Affected Risk Broken Heart Syndrome


New York - If you hear the word heartbroken, people will always associate it with love problems. When in fact gutted adaalah a phenomenon that occurs in the heart, and consequently can vary, not just a matter of romance alone.

Broken heart syndrome is a temporary disruption in the heart due to physical or emotional stress extreme. This syndrome is more common in women than men. Research shows that this syndrome are more susceptible permpuan experienced by parents.

Broken heart syndrome is clinically known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. This syndrome causes heart enlargement in part for a while, while others function normally or contract more forcefully.

Symptoms are similar to a heart attack and trigger chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, and feeling weak. This condition can be treated and usually resolve within a week.

This syndrome may be preceded by the sudden death of a loved one, a frightening medical diagnosis, a car accident or even a surprise party. This phenomenon is 7.5 times more commonly experienced by women.

Women aged 55 years and over 2.9 times more likely to experience broken heart syndrome than younger women.

Researchers analyzed national data in 2007 and found that of the approximately 6,230 cases of broken heart syndrome, more than 89% of sufferers are women. About a third of patients aged between 50 and 65 years, while 58% of them aged over 65 years.

 In women aged 55 and over, are likely to experience fractures syndrome 9.5 times higher than that of men.

"This is the first time we got a real illness that shows the relationship between the mind and the heart," said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, director of women's health and heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City as reported Health24.com.

"We should not underestimate the effect of the mind on the heart. Constant stress is so prevalent today and that leaves the possibility of an emotional state can affect the heart," added Steinbaum who is also spokesman for the American Heart Association.

But experts are still trying to understand why more women suffer from broken heart syndrome. Differences in hormones and coronary artery between the sexes might be a contributing factor. However, further research is still needed.

"We do not really know what causes it, but this symptom found in people who have symptoms of a heart attack due to a very stressful situation," said Dr. Stacey Rosen, chairman of the association of cardiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Park New Hyde Park, New York.

According to Rosen, women have different forms of heart disease as men. It could be this is an external effect on the heart muscle, or differences in how the blood vessels that are not yet understood.

"There is a truth that women behave and react more emotionally, although it is fair to say that if there is something that bothers men emotionally, they do not feel it," said Steinbaum.

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