Predictive value of serum uric acid on left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients

• Published in: Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 641 - 646
• Main Authors: Liao, Hong-Tao, Liu, Fang-Zhou, Xue, Yu-Mei, Zhan, Xian-Zhang, Fang, Xian-Hong, Huang, Jun, Wei, Wei, Rao, Fang, Deng, Hai, Liu, Yang, Lin, Wei-Dong, Wu, Shu-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Science Press 01.11.2015
• Subjects: 价值; 尿酸; 心房; 患者; 膜; 超声心动图; 预测; 颤动; Serum uric acid; Thromboembolic events; Echo contrast; Left atrium; Atrial fibrillation

Objectives To investigate the relationship between serum uric acid （SUA） and left atrial spontaneous echo contrast （LA-SEC） in non-valvular atrial fibrillation （AF） patients. Methods We retrospectively screened 1,476 consecutive hospitalized patients with AF who underwent transesophageal echocardiog...