Metabolic syndrome and left ventricular dysfunction: New player of the game

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Celik, Turgay ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Yuksel, U Cagdas ^b   Jata, Bekim ^a   Gungor, Mutlu ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sarikamis Army District Hospital Turkey   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left ventricular dysfunction; Metabolic syndrome; Myocardial performance index

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 73649142109     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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