European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of death in the world; among them is Ischemic Cardiac Disease.  Objective: To determine the role of serum uric acid levels in predicting in hospital outcome in Acute MI.  Methods: This observational cross sectional study was conducted in tertiary care hospital in Central India. The study was conducted from Nov 2020 to October 2022. Results: Majority of patients, 79.5% had ≥40 LVEF & rest 20.5% had <40 LVEF. Mean uric acid was significantly higher in Anterior Wall MI. Out of a total of 6 dead MI patients all come under the class IV KILLIP classification with significantly raised serum uric acid on days 0,3 & 5. The mean uric acid was significantly higher in KILLIP class IV on days 0,3 & 5. Conclusions: Serum UA can be used as a marker of short-term mortality in acute MI. Serum uric acid along with Killip’s classification should be considered for risk stratification in patients with AMI