Takotsubo mimics heart attack

[Gailwinds]

Takotsubo. Look up this word. Went to the ER because of excessively high blood pressure which is not commin for me. Test results were good except blood showed a release of blood enzymes that mean something happened with the heart. An angiogram show no significant blockages. A piece of plaque had broken off but my body flushed it out before it clotted. Probably helped that I immediately took an aspirin when BP was high. If you read about Takotsubo it totally mimics a heart attack. However, any damage caused usually returns to normal within 7 days. Mine did return to normal with no damages.

The point of this is to say Takotsubo is caused by stress. I'm a worrier and anxiety ridden person and my heart was telling me something. Got to slow down and find activities that relieve stress. I now take a blood thinner, beta blocker and aspirin daily. As well as lipitor. I walk daily but of course the thoughts creep in that it could happen again.

[Bobtheturtle]

Thanks for sharing your experience. That's good to know. Heart disease runs in my family, so does anxiety. Leading cause of death in my family (that I know of) = heart attack.

[Agora1]

Gailwinds, thanks for sharing this info. Caused by undo stress also know as

broken heart cardiomyopathy. We live and learn on this forum.