TY - JOUR T1 - Metabolic syndrome, dysglycaemia and vascular disease: making sense of the evidence JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1493 LP - 1496 DO - 10.1136/hrt.2007.130849 VL - 93 IS - 12 AU - David Preiss AU - Naveed Sattar Y1 - 2007/12/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/93/12/1493.abstract N2 - “ ‘Diagnosis’ of metabolic syndrome by any current criteria is not needed and adds little to clinical practice. Attention and resources should be focused on the major modifiable risk factors and more should be done to engender sustainable lifestyle changes in all with vascular disease” ER -