Background: Myocardial bridging is a cardiac anomaly where a segment of epicardial coronary arteries runs through the myocardium and can rarely cause MI. Takotsubo syndrome is a stress-induced cardiomyopathy that can mimic MI. Catecholamine surge during stress can contribute to Takotsubo syndrome, but whether this surge can trigger an inconspicuous myocardial bridging to manifest symptomatically remains unclear, and alternately, whether a myocardial bridge might cause worsening of Takotsubo syndrome is also a matter that needs further research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) is a rare X-linked recessive disorder of sexual development. It results from mutations in the Androgen Receptor (AR) gene located on chromosome Xq11-12. Affected individuals have a male genotype but a female phenotype.
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