Since the clinical course of acute myocardial infarction is highly variable, routine (and sometimes serial) echocardiographic studies may be needed in all patients to assess actual risks and to correct therapeutic strategy, but obtaining an echocardiogram in a patient with uncomplicated AMI must not delay reperfusion therapy.
Metabolic syndrome, that diabetes mellitus forms a part of was discovered by Dr Gerald Reaven's in 1988. Banting was honored by World Diabetes Day which is held on his birthday, November 14 staring 2007.t was known in the 17th century as the âpissing evilâ. The term diabetes was probably coined by Apollonius of Memphis around 250 BC. Diabetes is first recorded in English, in the form diabete, in a medical text written around 1425. It was in 1675 that Thomas Willis added the word â'mellitus'â to the word diabetes.
Metabolic syndrome is associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Some studies have shown the prevalence in the USA to be an estimated 34% of the adult population, and the prevalence increases with age.he International Diabetes Federation consensus worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome (2006) is: Central obesity (defined as waist circumference # with ethnicity-specific values) AND any two of the following: