Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in acute myocardial infarction and its impact on hospital outcomes

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 52-55

  Pandey, S ^a   Baral, N ^a   Majhi, S ^a   Acharya, P ^a   Karki, P ^a   Shrestha, S ^a   Das, B ^a   Chandra, L ^b  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349247752     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.53120     Document Type: Article

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