Correlation between serum uric acid level and pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vascular resistance in children with congenital heart diseases

Abstract

Background & Objectives: Hyperuricemia occurs frequently in patients with myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders and in patients with congenital heart disease associated with polycythemia. Since it has been confirmed that serum uric acid levels have a relationship with severity and prognosis of disease, this study was done to evaluate the correlation between serum uric acid level and severity of pulmonary hypertension (PHT).