Is cardiac function associated with the clinical course of disease in patients with gout? A prospective study.

Yanni DongYiming LiCaijie LiuYingnan GuoYanhong Feng

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2024)

The course of the disease significantly affected the function of the left heart in gout patients, and uric acid was observed to be an independent predictor of decreased LVGLS in gout patients.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
uric acid
metabolic syndrome
end stage renal disease
heart failure
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis