| Saturday, 17 April 2004 | ||
| Organisers | J.J.P. Kastelein (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) A. van de Wiel (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) |
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| Sponsors | Dutch Atherosclerosis Society Lilly (The Netherlands) |
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The metabolic syndrome |
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| Chairs | J.J.P. Kastelein (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) A. van de Wiel (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) |
Abstract number |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Free fatty acids and the metabolic syndrome K. Frayn (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
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| 14.30 – 15.00 | Dyslipidaemia and the metabolic syndrome M. Castro Cabezas (Utrecht, The Netherlands) |
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| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Prevalence of clinical determinants of the metabolic syndrome in an Italian diabetic population: MEDUSA (MEtabolic Diseases Under Specific Assessment) preliminary report D. Berzi, B. Cremonesi, G. Meregalli, A. Balini, and A.C. Bossi (Treviglio-Caravaggio, Italy) |
130 |
| 15.45 – 16.00 | The waist-to-hip ratio is the most powerful predictor of the two-years cardiovascular mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography G. Hoefle, C. H. Saely, S. Aczél, W. Benzer, T. Marte, P. Langer, and H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria) |
131 |
| 16.00 – 16.15 | The metabolic syndrome is independently predictive for vascular events in patients undergoing coronary angiography C.H. Saely, T. Marte, S. Aczel, G. Hoefle, P. Langer, and H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria) | 132 |
| 16.15 – 16.30 | Reduced nitric oxide-induced synthesis of cGMP and cGMP-induced activation of PKG in vascular smooth muscle cells from fatty Zucker rats (fa/fa) I. Russo, G. Doronzo, L. Mattiello, G. Anfossi, and M. Trovati (Torino, Italy) |
133 |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Metabolic syndrome in the Hoorn study R. Heine (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
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| 17.00 | End of workshop | |
