An Explanation For The So-Called 'Broken-Heart Syndrome'

tD33NAt

Active member
Joined
Mar 24, 2008
Messages
12,519
Reaction score
0
Points
36
It seems an infarction, but it's not. It's called Tako-Tsubo syndrome, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, and it's a rare disease which at first used to be confused with the far more common (and dangerous) cardiac infarction. Patients arrive to the emergency room with the characteristic heart attack symptoms: acute pain in the chest, an electrocardiogram with the typical changes and the release of those enzymes associated with the usual heart disease...


ftrcZomWRlM


More...
 
Back
Top