Is metabolic syndrome predictive of prevalence, extent, and risk of coronary artery disease beyond its components? Results from the multinational coronary CT angiography evaluation for clinical outcome: an international multicenter registry (CONFIRM).

Is metabolic syndrome predictive of prevalence, extent, and risk of coronary artery disease beyond its components? Results from the multinational coronary CT angiography evaluation for clinical outcome: an international multicenter registry (CONFIRM).

Although metabolic syndrome is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and events, its added prognostic value beyond its components remains unknown. This study compared the prevalence, severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), and prognosis of patients with metabolic syndrome to th...

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Main Authors: Amir Ahmadi, Jonathon Leipsic, Gudrun Feuchtner, Heidi Gransar, Dan Kalra, Ran Heo, Stephan Achenbach, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz Al-Mallah, Daniel S Berman, Matthew Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Tracy Q Callister, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Benjamin Chow, Ricardo C Cury, Augustin Delago, Millie J Gomez, Martin Hadamitzky, Joerg Hausleiter, Niree Hindoyan, Philipp A Kaufmann, Yong-Jin Kim, Fay Lin, Erica Maffei, Gianluca Pontone, Gilbert L Raff, Leslee J Shaw, Todd C Villines, Allison Dunning, James K Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118998&type=printable

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