Study of Serum Uric Acid Levels in Myocardial Infarction and Its Association With Killip Class

The present study aimed to compare the serum level of uric acid in patients with and without heart failure and also to determine the association between uric acid level and clinical status by Killip class in patients with STEMI. This case-control study was conducted on 50 consecutives as control gro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta medica Iranica 2017-02, Vol.55 (2), p.97-102
Hauptverfasser: Mehrpooya, Maryam, Larti, Farnoosh, Nozari, Younes, Sattarzadeh-Badkoobeh, Roya, Zand Parsa, Amir Farhang, Zebardast, Jayran, Tavoosi, Anahita, Shahbazi, Fatemeh
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Zusammenfassung:The present study aimed to compare the serum level of uric acid in patients with and without heart failure and also to determine the association between uric acid level and clinical status by Killip class in patients with STEMI. This case-control study was conducted on 50 consecutives as control group and 50 patients with acute heart failure, (20 patients had acute STEMI), who documented by both clinical conditions and echocardiography assessment. The mean plasma level of uric acid in the case group was 7.6±1.6 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL) and in the control group was 4.5±1.5 respectively (P
ISSN:0044-6025
1735-9694