Can breaking up with someone cause cardiac arrest?

Cardiac arrest: Emotional distress can cause cardiac arrest in a patient with an unstable underlying cardiac matrix.

Unlikely: Nothing is impossible, but heartburn, heart throbs, heartache, is more common than heart attack!

Yes, but not likely.: Patients with coronary artery disease + other heart disease r @ risk 4 stress induced arrythmias. These r irregular heart rhythms, the most serious of which is cardiac arrest. So, yes, the stress of a breakup, or major loss of any kind may contribute 2 cardiac arrest in a patient with heart disease. This would b unlikely in a healthy person, but go c a doc if u do not feel right. Dr mike.