Prospective study of metabolic syndrome as a mortality marker in chronic coronary heart disease patients

Abstract

The co-incidence of MetS has a limited mortality impact in CHD patients, while an increase in fasting glycemia seems to be more a specific marker of mortality risk.

Keywords

• pre-diabetes
• hypertriglyceridemic waist
• atherogenic dyslipidemia
• secondary prevention
• fatal vascular events
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