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Objective: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) promotes the development of diabetes mellitus (DM) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Predicting individuals who are at high risk for developing MetS is essential. Vascular risk age (VRA) is a clinical substitute for cardiovascular risk. In this study, we ascertained whether VRA is an indicator of MetS. Method: This study involved 169 subjects (96 females, 73 males, aged 40-83 year) without any previous diagnosis of ASCVD or DM. MetS was diagnosed as stated by ATP III-2005 and IDF-2009. The SCORE2/SCORE2-OP 10-year fatal CVD risk and VRA were computed for all participants. Results: The frequency of MetS based on the ATP III-2005 criteria was 40.2% overall, 39.6% in females, and 41.1% in males, while it was 47.9% in total, 43.8% in females, and 53.4% in males based on IDF-2009 criteria. VRA was significantly higher in cases with MetS in comparison to the cases without MetS (p

Objective:Sexual dysfunction after acute coronary syndrome (ACS), is a frequently encountered problem in clinical practice. The aim of our study is to determine the time it takes for patients to switch to a healthy sexual life, which is one of the basic elements of a healthy social life, after a cardiovascular event in Turkish society and investigation of the effect of drugs related to ACS on sexual activity.Method:In our study, volunteer women and men who had a cardiovascular event at least 3 months before and were sexually active before the ACS between January 2017-December 2019 were evaluated using a closed questionnaire. The demographic characteristics of the patients, their comorbidities and medications, and their sexual activity levels before and after the ACS were compared.Results:After ACS, sexual dysfunction developed in 36% (n=117) of the patients. In the group with sexual dysfunction, heart failure [21% (n=25) - 9% (n=18) - p=0.001], chronic renal failure [9% (n=11) - 0% (n=0) p