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Does metabolic syndrome impact on outcome after acute myocardial infarction?

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boxed-textZeller M et al. (2005) Prevalence and impact of metabolic syndrome on hospital outcomes in acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 165: 1192–1198

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