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Metabolic syndrome & Framingham Risk Score: Observations from a coronary angiographic study in Indian patients

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is an important determinant of cardiovascular (CV) risk. Framingham Risk Scores (FRS) often underestimate the CV risk in Asians, younger patients and those with MS. Asians often develop coronary artery disease (CAD) at a younger age and also have...

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Autores principales: Khanna, Roopali, Kapoor, Aditya, Kumar, Sudeep, Tewari, Satyendra, Garg, Naveen, Goel, Pravin K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23563372