US Edition'Broken Heart Syndrome' Doubles Risk of Hospitalization
- On March 25, 2025, HealthDay News reported on a study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on March 24, 2025, regarding takotsubo syndrome and its impact on hospitalization rates.
- Takotsubo syndrome, also known as 'broken heart syndrome,' occurs when severe emotional or physical stress weakens the heart's main pumping chamber and can present like a heart attack, even in patients with no prior heart disease.
- The study, led by Dana Dawson from the University of Aberdeen in the U.K., analyzed data from the Scottish Takotsubo Registry between 2010 and 2017, tracking patients through May 2021.
- The research revealed that nearly 12,900 hospitalizations occurred among people diagnosed with takotsubo syndrome, leading to a 96% increased risk of hospitalization compared to the general public and comparable hospitalization rates to heart attack patients, who had a rate of 750 per 1,000 person-years.
- Medical examiners determined that actor Gene Hackman, age 95, who had Alzheimer's disease and whose wife Betsy Arakawa, age 65, had recently died from a hantavirus infection, died from heart disease around February 18, with some speculating that takotsubo syndrome may have played a role, and researchers emphasize the need for better care and further research into this condition.
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People who suffer from 'broken heart syndrome' are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a weakening of the heart's left ventricle brought on by severe emotional or physical stress. Heart abnormalities brought on by the condition typically clear in a few weeks, but patients who have had broken heart syndrome are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital compared with the general population, according to a new study.
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