How is broken heart syndrome diagnosed?

How is broken heart syndrome diagnosed?

After completing a physical exam and reviewing your medical history, your healthcare provider will order several tests including:

• An EKG (electrocardiogram) to measure your heart’s electrical activity.
• Coronary angiography (uses a dye and type of X-ray to look at your heart’s arteries).
• Echocardiography (uses sound waves to create moving images of your heart’s pumping action).
• Chest X-ray (shows the structure of your heart, lungs and blood vessels).
• Cardiac MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) (produces both still and moving pictures of your heart).
• Ventriculogram (uses a dye injected into the heart’s left ventricle, then X-rays show the size and pumping efficiency of this heart chamber).