Major cardiac event risk in gout rises with monosodium urate deposits on CT
Among patients with gout, those with cardiovascular monosodium urate deposits, confirmed via dual energy CT, demonstrate a higher risk for major adverse cardiac events, according to data published in Rheumatology.“Gout diagnosis results in a doubled risk for [cardiovascular] events,” Julia Held, MD, of the Medical University of Innsbruck, in Austria, and colleagues wrote.