Broken heart syndrome is also known as stress cardiomyopathy
(SCM), or takotsubo cardiomyopathy and is a recently recognised condition
that is proposed to be associated with psychiatric illnesses .
The condition is characterised by onset of symptoms mimicking coronary
heart disease and is commonly linked with experience of significant
stress . A variety of emotional and environmental stressors,
including significant earthquakes have been associated with this
condition . The precise aetiology of SCMremains unknown, however
psychiatric illnesses, such as chronic anxiety disorders, have been
proposed as risk factors for the development of SCM .
The Christchurch earthquake sequence in 2010–2011 repeatedly
exposed the entire population of Christchurch city, some 350,000
people, to major stress and life disruption. There was an increase in
the incidence of SCMfollowing the earthquakes, however the condition
remained rare despite the number of people exposed to this stressor .
This led us to hypothesise that there is no difference in antecedent
psychiatric risk factors between participants who develop earthquakerelated
and sporadic SCM compared to age-matched healthy controls.
Broken heart syndrome is also known as stress cardiomyopathy(SCM), or takotsubo cardiomyopathy and is a recently recognised conditionthat is proposed to be associated with psychiatric illnesses .The condition is characterised by onset of symptoms mimicking coronaryheart disease and is commonly linked with experience of significantstress . A variety of emotional and environmental stressors,including significant earthquakes have been associated with thiscondition . The precise aetiology of SCMremains unknown, howeverpsychiatric illnesses, such as chronic anxiety disorders, have beenproposed as risk factors for the development of SCM .The Christchurch earthquake sequence in 2010–2011 repeatedlyexposed the entire population of Christchurch city, some 350,000people, to major stress and life disruption. There was an increase inthe incidence of SCMfollowing the earthquakes, however the conditionremained rare despite the number of people exposed to this stressor .This led us to hypothesise that there is no difference in antecedentpsychiatric risk factors between participants who develop earthquakerelatedand sporadic SCM compared to age-matched healthy controls.
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