[Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and ischemic heart disease. Evidence of their relationship].

The purpose of this review is to analyse the relation between obstructive sleep apnea and coronary disease. We present epidemiological data on the respiratory disorder and its association with ischemic cardiopathy, as well as common cardiovascular risk factors, physiopathological interactions between both conditions, clinical evolution and impact of treatment on prognosis.

Hepatitis C virus infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexican patients.

Objective: to measure the frequency of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in patients with confirmed HCV infection.

Methods: we studied 125 adults reactive to anti-HCV antibodies (62.4 % women, mean age 46.