Broken heart syndrome more common in women

　　心碎也是一种病 女性更容易患心碎综合症

　　Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech? Think again. A new study shows that severe emotional distress, such as the kind experienced after a breakup or the death of a loved one, can cause what doctors call "broken heart syndrome" - especially in women. Women are seven to nine times more likely to suffer from the condition than men, the study found.

　　觉得“心碎” 只是一个比喻修辞说法？现在你需要改变这种想法。最新研究显示，严重的情感创伤，如分手或者爱人死亡的这种经历，都可能会造成“心碎综合症”，尤其是对女性来说。该研究显示，女性患上“心碎综合症” 的情况是男性的7到9倍。

　　People with the syndromeexperience heart failure or heart attack-like symptoms. The condition usually resolveswithin weeks, with no lasting damage - but in rare cases it proves fatal.

　　心碎综合症患者的症状类似于心力衰竭和心脏病。症状会在几周后消退，不会造成长期的伤害，不过也有极少数心碎终合症造成死亡的病例。

　　Japanese doctors first recognized the condition around 1990. They nicknamed it "Takotsubo cardiomyopathy"- tako tsubo are octopus traps that resemblethe unusual pot-like shape of the strickenheart.

　　心碎综合症最先是由日本医生在1990年左右发现的，他们给这种症状起了个绰号叫：“章鱼壶心肌症” （应激性心肌病）。人在悲痛欲绝时诱发此病，患者的心脏看起来很像日本人用来捕章鱼的一种口小底宽的蛸壶。

　　The classic case is "a woman who has just lost her husband," said Dr. Mariell Jessup, a University of Pennsylvania heart specialist who has treated many cases of the syndrome.

　　宾夕法尼亚大学的心脏专家Mariell Jessup曾经治愈过很多例心碎终合症，他表示经典案例是一个刚刚失去丈夫的女性。

　　Cyndy Bizon feared the loss of her husband, Joel, when he suffered a massive heart attack in 2005. The Maine woman collapsed at a nurse's station as her husband was wheeled past her into the operating room. After joining him in coronary care, both Bizon and her husband survived.

　　来自美国缅因州的女性Cyndy Bizon在2005年差点失去了丈夫Joel，他因为突发心脏病而住院。在丈夫被推进手术室的时候，巨大的恐惧让Cyndy昏倒在护士站。 幸运的是，她和丈夫一起在心脏病加护病房治疗了一段时间，后来两个人都活下来了。