Stress cardiomyopathy

. . Of 3,000,000 heart attacks in US women diagnosed each year as many as 60,000 may actually be Broken Heart Syndrome, requiring different treatment, according to some estimates. Among other sports, this term is used in football (soccer), handball, basketball, table tennis, field hockey, rugby, ice hockey and chess. For unknown reasons the great majority of stress cardiomyopathy cases have been diagnosed in women. The Bundesligen are, in Germany and Austria, the elite sporting competitions (leagues) in a given sport, while (depending on the sport) the second division is usually known as the 2nd Bundesliga, or alternatively as a Regionalliga (or regional league). The common treatment for heart attack of administering adrenalin to support blood pressure is not appropriate for this condition. From the points obtained in each match (for example, in the football Bundesliga, a team which wins a match receives 3 points, with both teams receiving 1 point each for a tie or a draw), the team with the most points at the end of the season wins the championship without any further playoffs or finals.

Current theory has it that a sudden, massive surge of adrenalin stuns the heart, greatly reducing the ability to pump blood. Usually each participating team plays two games (once at home, once away) against all the other teams. Only recently it became more known in the western world. Usually, German champions (and/or Austrian champions) are determined by winning their Bundesliga regular season organized as a Round-robin tournament. It was originally described in Japan as takotsubo-syndrome. Used on its own, Bundesliga usually refers to Germany's highest football league. Emotional stress may trigger stress cardiomyopathy. The Bundesliga (plural: -ligen) (Federal League, meaning nation-wide league) is the name for the premier league of any sport in Austria and Germany.

Stress cardiomyopathy could easily be confused with a heart attack, but stress cardiomyopathy is much less serious. Swiss Chess Bundesliga. In the human body, stress cardiomyopathy (or broken heart syndrome) is a condition in which heart muscles are temporarily weakened. Austrian Bundesliga. Volleyball. Triathlon.

Tennis. Table tennis / Ping-pong. Rugby. Hockey.

Handball. Gymnastics. Football (soccer). Fistball.

Chess. Basketball. Baseball. American football.