Obesity and the metabolic syndrome in patients with acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-451

  Prasad, Sandhir B ^a   Fahrtash, Farzan ^a   Malaiapan, Yuvaraj ^a   Meredith, Ian T ^a   Cameron, James ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77957861473     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.089     Document Type: Article

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