diff --git a/code/datums/mob_hud.dm b/code/datums/mob_hud.dm
index 603f9a05d702..33b756fc8447 100644
--- a/code/datums/mob_hud.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mob_hud.dm
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT_TYPED(huds, /datum/mob_hud, list(
 						holder3.icon_state = "huddead"
 						holder2_set = 1
 			else
-				if(heart && (heart.organ_status >= ORGAN_BROKEN && check_tod())) // broken heart icon
+				if(is_heart_broken()) // broken heart icon
 					holder.icon_state = "huddeadheart"
 					if(!holder2_set)
 						holder2.icon_state = "huddeadheart"
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM(hud_icon_hudfocus, /image)
 // Vampire Execute HUD
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/update_execute_hud()
 	var/image/execute_holder = hud_list[XENO_EXECUTE]
-	
+
 	execute_holder.icon_state = "hudblank"
 	execute_holder.overlays.Cut()
 
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/defibrillator.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/defibrillator.dm
index 518fdb1a9591..2debcf82d7d0 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/defibrillator.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/defibrillator.dm
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@
 			if(ghost && (!check_client || ghost.client) && (!check_can_reenter || ghost.can_reenter_corpse))
 				return ghost
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_revivable()
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_revivable(ignore_heart = FALSE)
 	if(isnull(internal_organs_by_name) || isnull(internal_organs_by_name["heart"]))
 		return FALSE
 	var/datum/internal_organ/heart/heart = internal_organs_by_name["heart"]
 	var/obj/limb/head = get_limb("head")
 
-	if(chestburst || !head || head.status & LIMB_DESTROYED || !heart || heart.organ_status >= ORGAN_BROKEN || !has_brain() || status_flags & PERMANENTLY_DEAD)
+	if(chestburst || !head || head.status & LIMB_DESTROYED || !ignore_heart && (!heart || heart.organ_status >= ORGAN_BROKEN) || !has_brain() || status_flags & PERMANENTLY_DEAD)
 		return FALSE
 	return TRUE
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 2c5ddf44b3ee..7ab435fb599e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -943,6 +943,11 @@
 
 	..()
 
+/// Returns whether this person has a broken heart but is otherwise revivable
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_heart_broken()
+	var/datum/internal_organ/heart/heart = internal_organs_by_name["heart"]
+	return heart && heart.organ_status >= ORGAN_BROKEN && check_tod() && is_revivable(ignore_heart = TRUE)
+
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_lung_ruptured()
 	var/datum/internal_organ/lungs/L = internal_organs_by_name["lungs"]
 	return L && L.organ_status >= ORGAN_BRUISED
@@ -954,7 +959,6 @@
 		src.custom_pain("You feel a stabbing pain in your chest!", 1)
 		L.damage = L.min_bruised_damage
 
-
 /mob/living/carbon/human/get_visible_implants(class = 0)
 	var/list/visible_objects = list()
 	for(var/obj/item/W in embedded_items)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living_healthscan.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living_healthscan.dm
index 6739e7046761..d11a32c8382e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living_healthscan.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living_healthscan.dm
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(known_implants, subtypesof(/obj/item/implant))
 
 		//snowflake :3
 		data["lung_ruptured"] = human_target_mob.is_lung_ruptured()
+		data["heart_broken"] = human_target_mob.is_heart_broken()
 
 		//shrapnel, limbs, limb damage, limb statflags, cyber limbs
 		var/core_fracture_detected = FALSE
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/HealthScan.jsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/HealthScan.jsx
index 1df8a86c06e2..8b1d82460bf2 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/HealthScan.jsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/HealthScan.jsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export const HealthScan = (props) => {
     hugged,
     detail_level,
     permadead,
+    heart_broken,
     advice,
     species,
     holocard,
@@ -115,9 +116,11 @@ export const HealthScan = (props) => {
               <LabeledList.Item label="Condition">
                 <Box color={permadead ? 'red' : 'green'} bold={1}>
                   {permadead
-                    ? 'Permanently deceased'
+                    ? heart_broken
+                      ? 'Myocardial rupture, surgical intervention required'
+                      : 'Permanently deceased'
                     : Synthetic
-                      ? 'Central power system shutdown, reboot possible.'
+                      ? 'Central power system shutdown, reboot possible'
                       : 'Cardiac arrest, defibrillation possible'}
                 </Box>
               </LabeledList.Item>