Doctors said a sudden death following a tragedy could be evidence of broken heart syndrome, a rare condition that mimics a heart attack. “In general, when broken heart syndrome occurs, it’s after an extreme stressor,” said Dr. Deepak Bhatt, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “I have seen a couple cases as a result of COVID, where they got Broken Heart Syndrome a year or 2 years later,” he says. You can die from Broken Heart Syndrome.”The physiological cause of broken heart syndrome is not fully understood. It appears that adrenaline’s effects on the heart during broken heart syndrome are temporary and completely reversible — the heart typically recovers fully within days or weeks.

Source: New York Times May 29, 2022 02:06 UTC