PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF SERUM URIC ACID FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

RESULTS The study population consisted of 100 patients with 77 males and 23 females. All patients belonged to places around Warangal District. All patients were admitted in Intensive Cardiac Care Unit initially for 5 days, then cared in adjoining intermediate cardiac care ward and discharged after an average period of 7 days provided there were no complications. Total number of patients included in this study was 100, out of which 47 patients had elevated levels of uric acid above normal range and 53 patients had normal serum uric acid levels following acute myocardial infarction.