Broken heart syndrome threatens women's lives

The Austrian magazine "Woman" reported that broken heart syndrome "Broken heart syndrome"They particularly attack women, explaining that they occur because of intense emotional stress, for example after the separation or death of a person who is close to their heart or by an accident..

The symptoms of broken heart syndrome are similar to those of a heart attack: shortness of breath, intense chest pain,.

These symptoms are not due to blockage of the coronary arteries, as in the case of heart attack, but to the excessive secretion of stress hormones, such as epinephrine, which causes the narrowing of the heart. coronary artery, and therefore the lack of blood circulation in the body..

Wuman stressed the need to contact the ambulance if these symptoms are observed because the acute phase can cause a heart attack resulting in death..