Uric acid in the acute phase of ST elevation myocardial infarction submitted to primary PCI: Its prognostic role and relation with inflammatory markers. A single center experience

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-209

  Lazzeri, Chiara ^a   Valente, Serafina ^a   Chiostri, Marco ^a   Sori, Andrea ^a   Bernardo, Pasquale ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a Intensive Cardiac Care Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Angioplasty; Intensive cardiac care; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; URIC ACID;

EID: 73649149434     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

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