Patients with "happy heart syndrome" show similar complications, including in-hospital and long-term mortality, as those with traditional Takotsubo syndrome.
There is a need to increase awareness among medical providers and the public about 'happy heart syndrome', a Takotsubo syndrome subtype triggered by positive emotions that carries similar risks to classic broken heart syndrome.
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Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), popularly known as “broken heart syndrome”, is a type of reversible but not benign acute heart failure condition of unknown etiology, usually triggered by physical or emotional stress, affecting primarily elderly women. Recently a subtype of TTS, triggered by positive/pleasant emotions, has been identified (“happy heart syndrome”) with affected patients showing the same complications, including in-hospital and long-term mortality, as the patients afflicted with the “broken heart syndrome”. There is a need to increase the awareness of physicians, other medical providers, our patients, and the general public about the existence of “happy heart syndrome”.
J. E. Madias (Wed,) reported a other. Patients with "happy heart syndrome" show similar complications, including in-hospital and long-term mortality, as those with traditional Takotsubo syndrome.