Elevated serum uric acid concentration at discharge confers additive prognostic value in elderly patients with acute heart failure

• Published in: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 361 - 368
• Main Authors: Coiro, S., Carluccio, E., Biagioli, P., Alunni, G., Murrone, A., D'Antonio, A., Zuchi, C., Mengoni, A., Girerd, N., Borghi, C., Ambrosio, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomarkers - blood; Cause of Death; Decision Support Techniques; Disease Progression; Echocardiography; Elderly; Female; Heart failure; Heart Failure - blood; Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Hyperuricemia - blood; Hyperuricemia - diagnosis; Hyperuricemia - mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome; Patient Discharge; Patient Readmission; Predictive Value of Tests; Progression-Free Survival; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Up-Regulation; Uric acid; Uric Acid - blood; NRI; BNP; CRT-ICD; HHF; LVEF; HR; UA; ACE-i; BUN; BMI; Heart failure; eGFR; AF; JCARE-CARD; CI; SpO2; Uric acid; TAPSE; PAPs; ARB; Outcome; XO; Elderly; HF; sUA; COPD

Elevated serum uric acid (sUA) concentrations have been associated with worse prognosis in heart failure (HF) but little is known about elderly patients. We aimed to assess long-term additive prognostic value of sUA in elderly patients hospitalized for HF. Clinical and echocardiographic characterist...