Gout Arthritis During Admission for Decompensated Heart Failure—A Descriptive Analysis of Risk Factors, Treatment and Prognosis

Abstract

Our study highlights features of gout attacks in the context of DHF including the absence of comorbid gout in a significant proportion of patients, the presence of polyarticular disease during the flare, and a poor prognosis. The present study identifies the necessity to better address gout as a comorbidity in DHF patients and may assist clinicians in identifying DHF patients at risk for a gout attack.