%0 Journal Article
%T Correlation between Serum Uric Acid Level and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
%A Mohamed A. W. Ezzat
%A Ahmed M. Boghdady
%A Kassem F. A. Ibrahim
%A Lotfy H. Abo Dahab
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
%P 857-866
%@ 2164-5337
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcd.2019.911076
%X <strong>Background: </strong><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">One of the risk factors of congestive heart failure that still under </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">investigations</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> is hyperuricemia. It¡¯s still
debatable whether it¡¯s an independent risk factor or it¡¯s just a consequence of
other disorders associated with cardiovascular diseases like hypertension,
diabetes </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> dyslipidemia. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The
aim of our study is to elucidate whether in patients with heart failure serum
uric acid level correlates with left ventricular ejection fraction supporting
the possibility that the detection of progressive hyperuricemia in these
patients may be an indicator of deteriorating cardiac function. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We
conducted a prospective study that included 124 studied patients and 26
apparently healthy persons at </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Coronary</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> care unit and </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Internal</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Medicine
Department at Sohag University Hospitals. Studied populations were classified
into; * Group ¡°I¡±: newly diagnosed heart failure, * Group ¡°II¡±: decompensated
heart failure on regular treatment, * Group ¡°III¡±: decompensated heart failure
but stopped their treatment from three months, Group ¡°IV¡±: control group,
healthy and age-matched subjects. We studied the association between left
ventricular ejection fraction, the severity of congestive heart failure and the
serum uric acid levels and the well-known conventional risk factors.</span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The main finding was the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">significant</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ly</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> higher
mean serum uric acid levels in patients with congestive heart failure versus
apparently healthy persons with ¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P value</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">0</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span
%K Uric Acid Level
%K Congestive Heart Failure
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=96633