Abstract:BACKGROUND The role of serum uric acid in cardiovascular and renal diseases has been intensively investigated. High serum uric acid has been indicated as a risk factor for CAD and as an independent prognostic factor of poorer outcomes in patients with verified CAD. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study was done in one hundred patients with myocardial infarction admitted at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. Detailed history and clinical examination done. Uric acid was estimated. The relationship of uric acid with seve… Show more
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