Elevated serum uric acid levels impair coronary microvascular function in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 466-468

  Gullu, Hakan ^a   Erdogan, Dogan ^a   Caliskan, Mustafa ^a   Tok, Derya ^a   Kulaksizoglu, Sevsen ^a   Yildirir, Aylin ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; URIC ACID;

EID: 34147133301     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Anker S.D., Leyva F., Poole-Wilson P.A., Kox W.J., Stevenson J.C., and Coats A.J. Relation between serum uric acid and lower limb blood flow in patients with chronic heart failure. Heart 78 1 (Jul 1997) 39-43
2. Cicoira M., Zanolla L., Rossi A., et al. Elevated serum uric acid levels are associated with diastolic dysfunction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J 143 (2002) 1107-1111
3. Kato M., Hisatome I., Tomikura Y., et al. Status of endothelial dependent vasodilation in patients with hyperuricemia. Am J Cardiol 96 (2005) 1576-1578
4. Erdogan D., Gulu H., Caliskan M., et al. Coronary flow reserve and coronary microvascular functions are strongly related to serum uric acid concentrations in healthy adults. Coron. Artery Dis. 17 1 (2006) 7-14
5. Erdogan D., Gullu H., Caliskan M., et al. Relationship of serum uric acid to measures of endothelial function and atherosclerosis in healthy adults. Int J Clin Pract 59 (2005) 1276-1282
6. Korcarz C.E., and Stein J.H. Noninvasive assessment of coronary flow reserve by echocardiography: technical considerations. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 17 6 (2004) 704-707
7. Youn H.J., and Foster E. Demonstration of coronary artery flow using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 17 2 (2004) 178-185
8. Leyva F., Anker S., Swan J.W., et al. Serum uric acid as an index of impaired oxidative metabolism in chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 8 (1997) 858-865
9. Leyva F., Anker S.D., Godsland I.F., et al. Uric acid in chronic heart failure: a marker of chronic inflammation. Eur Heart J 19 (1998) 1814-1822
10. Johnson R.J., Kang D.H., Feig D., et al. Is there a pathogenetic role for uric acid in hypertension and cardiovascular and renal disease?. Hypertension 41 (2003) 1183-1190
11. Many A., Hubel C.Q.A., and Roberts J.M. Hyperuricemia and xanthine oxidase in preeclampsia, revisited. Am J Obstet Gynecol 174 (1996) 288-291
12. Sezgin N., Sezgin A.T., Gullu H., et al. Decreased serum lipoprotein levels as a guide for clinical severity in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Tohoku J Exp Med 206 (2005) 219-224