Serum Uric Acid and Long-term Prognosis in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

BackgroundIt is still controversial whether or not serum uric acid, a key risk for coronary heart disease, is significantly associated with prognosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) . And there are rare large-scale and multicenter studies on serum uric acid and long prognosis of AMI in China.ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between serum uric acid and long-term prognosis in AMI patients.MethodsOne thousand and ninety-eight AMI patients from 9 hospitals (Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Dujiangyan Medical Center, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, Shuangliu District First People's Hospital, Jintang First People's Hospital, the People's Hospital of Pengzhou) in Chengdu during September 2016 to July 2019 were consecutively reSScruited. Baseline data were collected via the electronic medical record system of each hospital by trained professionals, including: (1) d