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Volume 135, Issue 3, Pages e78-e79 (10 July 2009)


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Insulin resistance as link between polycystic ovary syndrome and cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction

Antonio PerciaccanteCorresponding Author Informationemail address

Received 2 January 2008; accepted 24 April 2008. published online 21 July 2008.

Abstract 

Tekin et al. have shown that polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with an impaired autonomic neural control of the cardiovascular system, characterized by a depressed heart rate variability. Little is known on the mechanisms underlying this association. I propose insulin resistance as a possible link between polycystic ovary syndrome and autonomic cardiovascular function.

General Medicine, “San Giovanni Decollato—Andosilla” Hospital, via A. Ferretti 169 Civita Castellana

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PII: S0167-5273(08)00624-4

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.040


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