The joys of the English language.
I think they got it backwards:
Heart attacks occur because your heart is BROKEN and therefore needs mending
A broken heart occurs because your heart ATTACKED you (or certainly failed to defend).
Please note, this post bears no relation to anything happening in my life at present. It is brought to you as a result of my weird brain givin me a visual image of a heart attakcing when reading something about a heart attack :-)
Heart attacks occur because your heart is BROKEN and therefore needs mending
A broken heart occurs because your heart ATTACKED you (or certainly failed to defend).
Please note, this post bears no relation to anything happening in my life at present. It is brought to you as a result of my weird brain givin me a visual image of a heart attakcing when reading something about a heart attack :-)