METABOLIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS IN CARDIAC ARHYTHMIA DEPARTMENT
Sigutė Norkienė Abstract Using a modified National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) definition of the metabolic syndrome we examined the frequency of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its relations with risk factors in 150 consecutive patients in Cardiac Arhythmia Department in Klaipeda X hospital. A total of 87 (57.8 percent) individuals met criteria of metabolic syndrome (mean…