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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages 206-209Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.024
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Uric acid; Acute myocardial infarction; Intensive cardiac care; Angioplasty
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Background and methods: Scarce data are available on the prognostic role of uric acid (UA) in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We aimed at assessing the relation between uric acid, measured on Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) admission, and mortality at short term follow-up in 466 consecutive STEMI patients submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), as well as its relation with inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein, CRP-fibrinogen, erythrocyte sedimentation rate ESR). Results: Higher UA were detectable in the 21.5%.. In-hospital mortality was higher in patients with elevated UA (p<0.01 O. R. (95% C.I.): 3.9 (1.5-10.2)). At backward stepwise regression analysis UA resulted an independent predictor for in-hospital mortality (OR 1.82, 95% CI 1.15-2.86; p=0.01). Conclusion: Our data strongly suggest that in the acute phase of STEMI patients submitted to PCI, uric acid holds a prognostic role for in-hospital mortality. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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