Yes, you CAN die of a damaged coronary heart

Broadcast legend Steve Wright died of a ‘damaged coronary heart’ after dropping his BBC Radio 2 present, his good friend has speculated.

Publicist Gary Farrow, who knew the legendary presenter for 4 many years, stated the 69-year-old was ‘devastated’ after bosses axed his well-liked afternoon slot in 2022. 

Wright was discovered lifeless at his £2million flat in Marylebone, west London, on Monday morning after paramedics have been ‘referred to as to studies of an incident’. 

Broken coronary heart syndrome, medically often called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is triggered by excessive emotional misery that weakens one of many coronary heart’s chambers.  

Around 2,500 Brits are undergo from the situation yearly.

Steve Wright pictured in 1980. Wright was discovered lifeless at his £2million flat in Marylebone, west London , on Monday morning after paramedics have been ‘referred to as to studies of an incident’

It is brought on by a sudden launch of stress hormones, which causes a part of the guts to develop into quickly enlarged and battle to pump blood correctly.

The lack of a liked one, monetary worries and a sudden sickness are examples of tense triggers that may carry on the syndrome, in keeping with the British Heart Foundation. 

Symptoms can embody sudden chest ache, shortness of breath, palpitations, nausea and vomiting. 

It is often short-term and many individuals make a full restoration. 

But the syndrome can completely have an effect on the guts’s pumping movement, delaying the twisting motion made by the muscle throughout a heartbeat.

Scans and blood checks are often used to diagnose the situation. 

While there is not any customary therapy for damaged coronary heart syndrome, docs might prescribe diuretics, which decrease blood stress, blood thinning medication to scale back the danger of blood clots and beta blockers or ACE inhibitors to take stress off the guts.  

Experts have lengthy believed takotsubo cardiomyopathy could also be misdiagnosed as a coronary heart assault as a result of signs and check outcomes are comparable.

However, in contrast to those that undergo coronary heart assaults, damaged coronary heart syndrome is just not linked with blocked arteries.

The situation is extra widespread amongst ladies than males and is extra prone to have an effect on older folks, who usually tend to have misplaced their lifelong spouses.

Mr Farrow informed The Sun: ‘Steve lives for the present, he completely liked it – and the listeners liked him. My view is that he died from a damaged coronary heart.’ 

Former colleague, Liz Kershaw, slammed BBC bosses for his or her alleged ‘shabby’ therapy of Mr Wright, who she claimed was ‘dumped by the BBC and handled like a tin of beans’.

Her outburst got here as employees at Radio 2 have been stated to be livid at station chief Helen Thomas issuing a press release to pay tribute to the much-loved DJ lower than 18 months after axing his well-liked Afternoon Show and shifting him to a Sunday slot.

Wright was pronounced lifeless by emergency providers who arrived at his dwelling on Monday morning.

His household introduced his dying on Tuesday. They stated: ‘It is with deep sorrow and profound remorse that we announce the passing of our beloved Steve Wright.

‘In addition to his son, Tom, and daughter, Lucy, Steve leaves behind his brother, Laurence and his father Richard.

Steve Wright, who died on the age of 69, pictured in his recording studio in 1994 

The DJ, seen in 2003, was made an MBE for providers to radio 

‘Also, much-loved shut buddies and colleagues, and thousands and thousands of devoted radio listeners who had the nice fortune and nice pleasure of permitting Steve into their each day lives as one of many UK’s most enduring and well-liked radio personalities.

‘As all of us grieve, the household requests privateness at this immensely troublesome time.’

The police stated yesterday that his dying was ‘sudden’ however not suspicious and a report was being ready for the nook. 

Wright joined the BBC within the Seventies, happening to host exhibits on BBC Radio 1 and a pair of for greater than 4 many years which attracted thousands and thousands of listeners.

Wright was additionally a long-standing presenter of Top Of The Pops on BBC One and introduced the favored Sunday Love Songs weekend mid-morning present on Radio 2.

His final present was a pre-recorded Valentine’s Day version of the programme two days in the past. Wright informed listeners in his ultimate sign-off: ‘I’ll be again for extra love songs subsequent Sunday, ta-da then.’