Uric acid: A risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis?

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-19

  Hashemi, M ^a   Yavari, M ^b   Amiri, N ^b   Taheri, H ^b   Shaigannia, I ^b   Moghadas, L ^b   Shirzadi, E ^b   Talaee, Z ^b   Shams Ol Ketabi, H ^c   Soleimani, B ^c  

^a Noor Hospital   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Sina Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID; URIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENOSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TWO TAILED TEST; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 34247526418     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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