Broken Heart Syndrome

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Across
  1. 1. Individuals older than this age are at higher risk
  2. 3. Most common demographic to suffer this condition
  3. 5. What happens to the heart muscles as they weaken
  4. 10. Medication that helps reduce stress on the heart, slows down
  5. 11. Scientific name for this condition, ____cardiomyopathy
  6. 13. Managing this risk factor may help reduce event occurance
  7. 14. Stress hormone associated with this condition
Down
  1. 2. The expected chronicity of this condition
  2. 4. May be a required treatment in severe cases of muscle weakening
  3. 6. The most common type of this syndrome, affecting the lower half of the heart
  4. 7. May appear within hours or days after a major stressor
  5. 8. Symptoms mimic this common cardiac event (informal name)
  6. 9. How the heart rhythm may look on an EKG
  7. 12. Mental health condition which may increase risk