Smoking is a more dangerous risk factor than metabolic syndrome in Egyptian patients with acute myocardial infarction

The effect of metabolic syndrome (MS) and other risk factors of myocardial infarction (MI) are not consistent in all studies. Aim: To assess the incidence of each risk factor in our community as a predictor of acute myocardial infarction. Methods: Fifty patients (Pts) admitted to the main university...

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Main Authors: Samir Rafla, Sahar Hamdy, Aly Zidan, Maha Saeed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-03-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260813001865