broken heart syndrome
Grief-induced heart failure
Broken heart syndrome is a sudden, temporary weakening of the heart muscle triggered by intense emotional stress—grief, shock, or extreme fear.
The condition mimics a heart attack but involves no blocked arteries.
It typically follows events like the death of a loved one: She was diagnosed with broken heart syndrome after her husband died.
Also called takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Most patients recover fully within weeks.
Intense sorrow from loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- bereavementState following loss
- emotional shockSudden mental disturbance
- lossBeing without something
trauma · anguish · despair · devastation · sorrow · mourning · stress trigger · widowhood
Heart muscle disorder
- stress-inducedCaused by psychological pressure
- chest painDiscomfort in thoracic region
- dyspneaLabored respiration condition
- troponinMuscle regulatory protein complex
adrenaline surge · catecholamine · reversible · hospitalization · echocardiogram · postmenopausal · sudden onset · recovery
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- bereavementState following loss
- emotional shockSudden mental disturbance
loss · trauma · anguish · despair · devastation · sorrow · mourning · stress trigger · widowhood · separation
cardiomyopathy
Heart muscle disorder
- stress-inducedCaused by psychological pressure
- chest painDiscomfort in thoracic region
- dyspneaLabored respiration condition
troponin · adrenaline surge · catecholamine · reversible · hospitalization · echocardiogram · postmenopausal · sudden onset · recovery · diagnosis
- chest painangina, heartburn, myocardial infarction, pericarditis, chest pain
broken heart syndromemyocardial infarction
Cardiac tissue death event
heart attack · coronary thrombosis · coronary artery disease
broken heart syndromecardiac health
Condition of the heart
joy · emotional wellbeing · euphoria · happiness · elation
broken, breaks, breaking, broke, unbroken, breakable, unbreakable, breaker, heart