Broken heart syndrome patients had cancer and vice versa. The syndrome is defined as stress cardiomyopathy that has distorted heart function due to the intense pressure faced and is linked to cancer.

‘Screening patients with broken heart syndrome for cancer and the other way round also helps improve care and lifespan of such patients.’
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The pumping chamber of the heart does not pump well causing sudden chest pain, dyspnea, and a feeling like one has a heart attack. There is no physical damage to the heart muscles, or blocks in the arteries supplying blood to the heart.
There were increased levels of stress hormones and to some extent cancer plays a role in broken heart syndrome.
The process by which malignancy, cancer treatment, and the cardiotoxic effects of chemotherapy play a role in the expression of broken heart syndrome is yet to be investigated.
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