Farmacologia Cardiovascular: Acesso Aberto

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Myocardial Infarction and Metabolic Syndrome: Review of Literature

Shahbaz Ali Shah

The metabolic syndrome is one of the major public health issues worldwide. It is a constellation of physicalconditions and metabolic abnormalities, commonly occurring together, that increases an individual's risk fordevelopment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Additionally, presence of both contribute to theoverall severity in the individual patient. Identifying factors associated with mortality in acute myocardial infarctionpatients may help improve patient care and guide future research. This is especially the case for long-term care in anoutpatient setting. To determine frequency of in hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients withmetabolic syndrome.