Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat or Allopurinol in Patients with Gout.
White WB, Saag KG, Becker MA, Borer JS, Gorelick PB, Whelton A, Hunt B, Castillo M, Gunawardhana L; CARES Investigators.
White WB, et al.
N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 29;378(13):1200-1210. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1710895. Epub 2018 Mar 12.
N Engl J Med. 2018.
PMID: 29527974
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We compared cardiovascular outcomes associated with febuxostat, a nonpurine xanthine oxidase inhibitor, with those associated with allopurinol, a purine base analogue xanthine oxidase inhibitor, in patients with gout and cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter …
We compared cardiovascular outcomes associated with febuxostat, a nonpurine xanthine oxidase inhibitor, with those associated with allopurin …