Open AccessThe association between uric acid levels and different clinical manifestations of coronary artery disease
Author(s) -
Trine Rennebod Larsen,
Oke Gerke,
Axel Cosmus Pyndt Diederichsen,
Jess Lambrechtsen,
Flemming Hald Steffensen,
Niels Peter Rønnow Sand,
Lotte Saaby,
Steen Antonsen,
Hans Mickley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
coronary artery disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.504
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1473-5830
pISSN - 0954-6928
DOI - 10.1097/mca.0000000000000593
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , cardiology , myocardial infarction , coronary artery disease , uric acid , troponin , pathophysiology
Uric acid (UA) has been associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease. To further assess the role of UA role in coronary artery disease, we investigated UA levels in both healthy asymptomatic middle-aged individuals and in different subgroups of hospitalized patients with suspected or definite myocardial infarction (MI).