Silent Monosodium Urate Crystal Deposits Are Associated With Severe Coronary Calcification in Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: An Exploratory Study.

Mariano AndrèsMaría-Amparo QuintanillaFrancisca SiveraJosé Sánchez-PayáEliseo PascualPaloma VelaJuan-Miguel Ruiz-Nodar

Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2017)

Silent deposition of MSU crystals in patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia was associated with more severe coronary calcification, which suggests more severe CAD in relation to crystal deposition.

Keyphrases

coronary artery disease
early onset
coronary artery
chronic kidney disease
uric acid
drug induced
heart failure
metabolic syndrome
room temperature
left ventricular
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
ejection fraction