Broken heart syndrome is real and more common than you think.
It's rare, but a sudden emotional blow such as the death of a loved one can shock the heart into forming an unusual oval shape, rendering it incapable of doing its job. "When a person first comes in, the heart can look terribly weak. It may be barely squeezing. In a severe case, you'd be in the intensive care unit in shock, and without medical attention you wouldn't survive," said Dr.
"We gave it the nickname 'broken heart syndrome' because at the time no one in medicine believed that emotions could have such a dramatic impact on the human heart. We wanted to raise awareness," Wittstein said.Physical triggersToday, science still does not know precisely why broken heart syndrome occurs, or why some people have repeated episodes, Wittstein said.
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