Communications and Publications

Vol 18 n° 1

The 6th FESCC Continuous Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry

NEW TRENDS IN CLASSIFICATION, MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME

Under the Auspices of IFCC

Edited by
Prof. Elizabeta Topić, Ph.D.
Pika Meško Brguljan Ph.D.
Prof. Victor Blaton, Ph.D.

Organizers
Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists
Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry
Forum of the European Societies of Clinical Chemistry
and Laboratory Medicine
Dubrovnik, November 11-12, 2006

Table of contents
EDITORIAL
1. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. Izet Aganović, MD, Ph.D; Tina Dušek, MD
2. GENETIC SUCCEPTIBILITY TO METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. Janja Marc, Ph.D.
3. HOW IS THE METABOLIC SYNDROME RELATED TO THE DYSLIPIDEMIA?
Prof. Victor Blaton, Ph.D.
4. CORONARY DISEASE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. Gábor L. Kovács, MD, Ph.D.
5. INSULIN RESISTANCE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. István Wittmann, MD, Ph.D.
6. PRO-INFLAMMATORY AND PROTHROMBOTIC FACTORS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. Grazyna Sypniewska, Ph.D.
7. EVIDENCE BASED LABORATORY MEDICINE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. Ana Stavljenić Rukavina, Ph.D.; Daria Pašalić, Ph.D.
8. HYPERTENSION AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
Assist. Prof. Lea Duvnjak, MD, Ph.D.
9. APPROACH TO THE TREATEMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME
Prof. Izet Aganović,MD, Ph.D.; Tina Dušek, MD