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Global left ventricular performance in non-diabetic non-hypertensive metabolic syndrome adults
Hamdy Sliem, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt
Gamela Nasr, Department of Cardiology, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt
Dalia Ibrahiem, Department of physiology, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt
Author contributions: Sliem H enrolled metabolic patients in the study and wrote the article; Nasr G performed the echocardiographic evaluations; Ibrahiem D shared in echocardiographic evaluation, collected the laboratory data; all authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study; revised the article, provided statistical analysis and interpretation of data.
Correspondence to: Hamdy Sliem, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt. hamdy.sliem@yahoo.com
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Received: August 20, 2010
Revised: October 10, 2010
Accepted: October 16, 2010
Published online: February 26, 2011
Revised: October 10, 2010
Accepted: October 16, 2010
Published online: February 26, 2011
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