ED Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 next time your mate says "you broke my heart" tell him/her to go get some medical help. ****************************************************************************** 'Broken-Heart Syndrome' Has Medical Link A sudden shock, such as hearing news of a death in the family, can trigger a condition that appears to be a massive heart attack except that the victim suffers no lasting damage, a study reports today. The condition, which researchers have dubbed the ''broken-heart syndrome,'' mimics a heart attack, leading doctors to believe the heart has suffered severe damage. But instead, the heart is temporarily stunned, Johns Hopkins cardiologist Ilan Wittstein says. ''Massive heart attacks don't get better within a matter of days,'' he says. Japanese doctors described the syndrome in the 1990s, but today's report in The New England Journal of Medicine is the first to identify the condition in the USA. Folklore long has held that traumatic events are capable of triggering an apparent heart attack, and today's study solidifies the link between the emotions and the heart, says Sidney Smith, a cardiologist at the University of North Carolina and a spokesman for the American Heart Association. ''This is real, and it's important to recognize,'' Smith says. Although no one has counted cases, Smith says broken-heart syndrome, which often is misdiagnosed as a heart attack, ultimately will account for a fraction of the 7 million heart attacks that occur in the USA each year. Wittstein stumbled upon the syndrome after seeing a patient who had experienced what was described as a massive heart attack after learning of her mother's death. Within a short time, the Hopkins doctors were treating two more patients who had suffered an emotional shock and were displaying heart attack symptoms. The team collected 19 cases for the study; most were middle-aged or older women. Doctors soon ruled out a heart attack, which occurs when a blockage, often a blood clot, interrupts blood flowing to the heart. Tests found no sign of a blood clot or blockage, and no evidence suggested that the heart tissue had been irreversibly damaged, Wittstein says. Two weeks later, patients' heart functions returned to normal, which is almost unheard of when someone has had a major heart attack. Soon after the event occurred, the doctors measured very high blood levels of catecholamines, which are stress hormones released after an emotional trauma. Subjects had catecholamine levels about 30 times higher than normal. The surge of stress hormones overwhelms the heart, leaving the powerhouse unable to pump effectively, Wittstein says. After the shock subsides, the level of stress hormones drops, and the heart's pumping power returns. The study raises some important questions, such as why women seem more vulnerable to broken-heart syndrome than men, Smith says, and whether people who have had one attack are prone to another. ''This paper points to a need for more research,'' he says. Source: USA TODAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I believe that 100%. Some are "stronger" than others but I wouldn't be surprised that people have actual physical responses to emotional stimula. I personally try and cut back on such practices, but I'm not surprised to hear about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 In case, and if occasion would arise, now you know where to send her, save the flower money dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Sevmard asum a "Yeah girl, um Edward told me you're experiencing a physical response now and you might need to see a doctor bayts im problemi chi." LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armjan Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 hi sev-mard, who is the black guy pic on avtar suppossed to be? is he someone famous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Na, yes em...hehe just kidding "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" desatsir? It's a British movie, same guy who directed "Snatch" with Brad Pitt. That guy is a character in the movie named Rory Breaker. He's like a runt of a guy, but a big talker and sort of an eccentric bad a$$ in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 That was a great flick! Directed by Guy Ritchie I think. I actually enjoyed more than Snatch, which was, IMO, more of a 'copy with a much bigger budget' type of production. Both were great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Yeah, I knew people who'd seen it would laugh at the avatar. I did think that the Lock Stock was much better. Such a class flick, humorous with great dialogue and a cool story telling style to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 (edited) Na, yes em...hehe just kidding "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" desatsir? It's a British movie, same guy who directed "Snatch" with Brad Pitt. That guy is a character in the movie named Rory Breaker. He's like a runt of a guy, but a big talker and sort of an eccentric bad a$$ in the movie. style_images/master/snapback.png Chorni, those are my fayvorit movies, especialy the first one "lock, Stock and two smoking barrels" hahahahaha faniset movie i ever seen. gotta love british comady in fact I'll be watching them tonight, again. quote from the Movie. "ya tyron why did you do that" hellerios, i must confess, had to watch them to so many times till i understood what were they saying. Edited February 11, 2005 by Edward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 "If the milk goes sour, I'm not the type of *** to drink it, u kna what I meen?" -Rory Breaker aka the guy in Sevmards Avatar...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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