Síndrome metabólico en relación a poliquistosis ovárica y mutación MTHFR: Caso clínico
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Quirós Alpízar, José Luis
Celada, Vera
Miranda Solís, Lisa
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Gaceta Médica de Costa Rica, vol. 7, n. 2, julio-diciembre, 2005
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El síndrome metabólico es una agrupación de factores de riesgo, asociados a la resistencia a la insulina; que predicen la aparición de enfermedad cardiovascular y diabetes. Asimismo se reconoce a la poliquistosis ovárica y a la hiperhomocisteinemia (mutación MTHFR) como factores de riesgo independientes de enfermedad cardiovascular, que comparten como mecanismo fisiopatológico la resistencia a la insulina. Algunas investigaciones han encontrado una mayor incidencia de mutaciones en la enzima MTHFR en pacientes con PCOS. Se presenta un caso de una mujer que fallece a los 40 años de edad, la cual presentaba Enfermedad Coronaria Severa Asociada a Síndrome Metabólico, poliquistosis ovárica y mutación MTHFR.
Metabolic Syndrome can be defined as a group of risk factors related to insuline resistance; these factors can be predictive of cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. Also, polycystic ovarian syndrome and hyperhomocysteinemia (MTHFR mutation) are recognized as independent risk factors corelated with cardiovascular disease, sharing the physiopathological mecanism of insuline resistance. Some studies have documented a higher prevalence of MTHFR mutations in patients with PCOS. We present a case of a 40 year-old woman with Severe Coronary Disease Associated with Metabolic Syndrome, PCOS and MTHFR mutation
Metabolic Syndrome can be defined as a group of risk factors related to insuline resistance; these factors can be predictive of cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. Also, polycystic ovarian syndrome and hyperhomocysteinemia (MTHFR mutation) are recognized as independent risk factors corelated with cardiovascular disease, sharing the physiopathological mecanism of insuline resistance. Some studies have documented a higher prevalence of MTHFR mutations in patients with PCOS. We present a case of a 40 year-old woman with Severe Coronary Disease Associated with Metabolic Syndrome, PCOS and MTHFR mutation
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Síndrome metabólico, Poliquistosis ovárica, Mutación MTHFR
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