RT Journal
A1 Kohn PM, Prozan GB
T1 HYperuricemia—relationship to hypercholesteremia and acute myocardial infarction
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD August 15
VO 170
IS 16
SP 1909
OP 1912
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010160025007
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010160025007
AB Hyperuricemia appears to be a concomitant of myocardial infarction with practically the same degree of frequency as hypercholesteremia. In a group of 35 men studied, 79 % manifested serum uric acid levels above 6 mg. per 100 ml. It is recommended that, in assessing the proneness of a person to coronary heart disease, the uric acid level be considered, in addition to the cholesterol or other serum lipid levels, family history, and other factors. It is also advisable to use probenecid prophylactically in such patients.