Cases of “broken heart syndrome” are on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic, a study finds. “The increase in socioeconomic and psychological stress from the pandemic has literally increased stress cardiomyopathy.”
In the study, researchers looked at the medical records of 1,914 patients at two hospitals in the Cleveland Clinic health system from five eight-week periods, four of which occurred before the pandemic and the other since then. Before the pandemic, there were, on average, five to 12 cases in an eight-week period, but in the cohort observed during the pandemic, the number rose to 20.
Dr. Harmony Reynolds, director of the Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women's Cardiovascular Research at NYU Langone Health, called the findings interesting."Certainly, this pandemic is a big reason forLynn Bufka, a psychologist who is senior director of the American Psychological Association, said the rise in broken heart syndrome is concerning but not surprising."We have known for a long time that the experience of stress has an impact on the body," she said.
Symptoms of broken heart syndrome can be similar to those of a heart attack, including chest pain and shortness of breath, according to the
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