V osnovu monografii legli vyyavlennye klinicheskie i immuno-metabolicheskie osobennosti pri sochetannom techenii metabolicheskogo sindroma i khronicheskogo kholetsistita. Avtorami ustanovleny prognosticheskie kriterii riska metabolicheskogo sindroma pri khronicheskoy patologii zhelchnogo puzyrya, chto pozvolyaet svoevremenno provodit' lechebno-profilakticheskie meropriyatiya dlya predotvrashcheniya razvitiya i progressirovaniya metabolicheskogo sindroma, serdechno-sosudistykh oslozhneniy u lits s dannoy patologiey. Monografiya prednaznachena dlya spetsialistov terapevticheskogo profilya, lechebnykh uchrezhdeniy ambulatorno-poliklinicheskogo profilya, sanatorno-reabilitatsionnykh tsentrov.