Submission + - Men are more likely than women to die of 'broken heart syndrome': Study (ground.news)
walterbyrd writes: - A study analyzing health records of 199,890 adults in the United States diagnosed with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy between 2016 and 2020 was conducted by investigators affiliated with the University of Arizona.
- They studied this stress-related heart condition caused by surges of stress hormones triggered by emotional or physical events like death or divorce.
- The condition, marked by temporary heart muscle enlargement and weakened pumping, leads to high rates of complications such as heart failure, stroke, and cardiac arrest.
- The overall death rate remained high at 6.5%, with men dying more than twice as often as women , and older adults showed the highest incidence.
- The study calls for prompt diagnosis, careful patient monitoring, and further research to reduce fatalities and develop new treatments for this serious syndrome.
- They studied this stress-related heart condition caused by surges of stress hormones triggered by emotional or physical events like death or divorce.
- The condition, marked by temporary heart muscle enlargement and weakened pumping, leads to high rates of complications such as heart failure, stroke, and cardiac arrest.
- The overall death rate remained high at 6.5%, with men dying more than twice as often as women , and older adults showed the highest incidence.
- The study calls for prompt diagnosis, careful patient monitoring, and further research to reduce fatalities and develop new treatments for this serious syndrome.
