Broken heart linked to other risk factors than heart attack
[PRESS RELEASE 21 APRIL 2016] Broken-heart syndrome is linked to other diseases, but the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are normally lower in these patients. This according to a large registry study of Swedish patients made by Karolinska Institutet. The results, which are published in The Journal of American College of Cardiology, provide confirmation that the prognosis for a broken heart is comparable to that for myocardial infarction.Interest in broken-heart syndrome, or stress cardiomyopathy, has increased dramatically since the turn of the 2000s, but to date knowledge of the