Relation of serum uric acid levels with the presence and severity of angiographic coronary artery disease

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Gur, Mustafa ^a,b   Yilmaz, Remzi ^a   Demirbag, Recep ^a   Aksoy, Nurten ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary; Gensini; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URIC ACID;

EID: 42049102086     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319706292010     Document Type: Article

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