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Hiperlipidemia combinada familiar - Symptom

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Hiperlipidemia tipo lipoproteína múltiple

Síntomas:

Se puede presentar dolor de pecho (angina); sin embargo, es posible que no haya ningún síntoma físico.

Las personas con esta afección desarrollan niveles altos de triglicéridos o colesterol durante los años de adolescencia y dichos niveles siguen siendo altos a lo largo de toda la vida. Estas personas tienen un mayor riesgo de padecer arteriopatía coronaria precoz y ataques cardíacos. Las personas con hiperlipidemia combinada familiar tienen una tasa mayor de obesidad e intolerancia a la glucosa.

Signos y exámenes:

Se hacen exámenes de sangre para verificar los niveles de colesterol y triglicéridos. Los exámenes específicos abarcan:

Examen de LDL (aumentado)
Examen de HDL (aumentado)
Examen de triglicéridos (aumentados)
Examen de apolipoproteína B100 (aumentada)

Hay disponibilidad de pruebas genéticas para un tipo de hiperlipidemia combinada familiar.

Obstrucción de las arterias coronarias

Reviewed last on: 5/23/2010
David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.

Referencias

Genest J, Libby P. Lipoprotein disorders and cardiovascular disease In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 42.

Mahley RW, Weisgraber KH, Bersot TP. Disorders of lipid metabolism. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 36.

Semenkovich CF. Disorders of lipid metabolism. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 217.

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