Women are a lot more likely to suffer a broken heart than men, researchers say. The good news is that it probably wont kill you.
In the first national study of its kind, researchers at the University of Arkansas looked at rates of broken heart syndrome when a sudden shock or prolonged stress causes heart attack-like symptoms or heart failure and found that it overwhelmingly affects women.
syndrome n. 1. 并发症状,综合症,同时存在的事物 2. 典型意见,典型表现
overwhelmingly ad. 压倒性地;不可抵抗地;(感情)极其强烈地
Women are at least seven times more likely than men to suffer the syndrome, and older women are at greater risk than younger ones, according to data presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association conference in Orlando.
Its the only cardiac condition where theres such a female preponderance, Dr. Abhiram Prasad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist who was not associated with the study, told the AP. Heart attack and heart disease, of course, strike men more often and earlier in life than women.
cardiac a. 1. 心脏的;心脏病的 n. 强心剂;心脏病患者
preponderance n. 重量的优势;优势;优越
Broken heart syndrome can happen in response to shocking or suddenly emotional events both positive ones like winning the lottery, or negative ones like a car accident or the unexpected death of a loved one. A flood of stress hormones and adrenaline causes part of the heart to enlarge temporarily and triggers symptoms that can look like heart attack: chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heart rhythm. The difference is that the factors that would normally cause heart attack, such as a blocked artery, arent present.
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