Yu Tian, Ying Chen, Bao Deng, Gang Liu, Zhen-Guo Ji, Qing-Zhen Zhao, Yu-Zhi Zhen, Yan-Qiu Gao, Li Tian, Le Wang, Li-Shuang Ji, Guo-Ping Ma, Kun-Shen Liu, Chao Liu
BACKGROUND: Hyperuricemia is frequently present in patients with heart failure. Many pathological conditions, such as tissue ischemia, renal function impairment, cardiac function impairment, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory status, may impact uric acid (UA) metabolism. This study was to assess their potential relations to UA metabolism in heart failure. METHODS: We retrospectively assessed clinical characteristics, echocardiological, renal, metabolic and inflammatory variables selected on the basis of previous evidence of their involvement in cardiovascular diseases and UA metabolism in a large cohort of randomly selected adults with congestive heart failure (n = 553)...
June 2012: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology: JGC