Cancer could be a trigger for broken heart syndrome, says new research

<p clbad = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS), as its official name, was recognized for the first time by scientists from & nbsp;Japan in 1990& nbsp; and causes symptoms such as sudden chest pain, shortness of breath, and low blood pressure. Harvard Medical School & nbsp;describes it& nbsp; suddenly "weakening of the left ventricle, the main pumping chamber of the heart". "data-reactid =" 23 "> Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), as it is officially known, was first recognized by scientists in Japan in 1990. Harvard Medical School describes this disease as a sudden "Weakening of the left ventricle, the main pumping chamber of the heart".

<p clbad = "canvas-atom web-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The condition has long been linked to an emotional trauma event such that the death of a loved one (hence its name) .But in the & nbsp;new study& nbsp; published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Researchers suggest that mental suffering may not be the only trigger. "Data-reactid =" 24 "> This disease has long been linked to an emotionally traumatic event such as the death of a loved one (hence its name). study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers suggest that mental suffering may not be the only trigger.

Of the 1,604 STT patients studied, one in six had cancer – and, perhaps at the same time, was much less likely to survive five years after its onset. The most common cancer among participants – 87% of whom were women – was bad cancer, but included cancers affecting other parts of the body, such as the skin and the gastrointestinal system. Cancer patients with TTS were "more likely to have experienced a physical trigger (such as a medical intervention or physical trauma) before the syndrome" than TST patients without cancer.

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