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4. Hormonal Causes

Though doctors don’t fully understand the causes of broken heart syndrome, they do have a few suspicions. Because the condition follows emotional and stressful events, some doctors believe that stress hormones play a role. The body releases a surge of these, such as adrenaline, in response to certain stimuli. The prevailing theory is that these hormones somehow damage the heart or force it to function abnormally. Unfortunately, how these hormones hurt the heart remains unclear. A few physicians suggest a temporary constriction of the heart’s arteries may also be to blame for broken heart syndrome.

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