Ultrasound Proven Monosodium Urate Crystal Deposits in the Joints are Associated with Smaller Kidney Size, Decreased Intrarenal Blood Flow and Arteriosclerotic Type Vascular Changes

Abstract

Objective: To establish the association between ultrasound (US) burden with articular MSU crystals and renal morphology, blood supply, function and arteriosclerotic carotid arteries alterations in gout patients, individuals with asymptomatic hyperuricemia and no sign of inflammatory arthritis and psoriatic arthritis subjects with asymptomatic hyperuricemia.

Keywords

• us msu crystal deposits
• kidney size
• intrarenal blood flow
• carotid arteries stiffness