Cardiovascular safety of febuxostat and allopurinol in patients with gout: A meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Xudong Guan (Author), Shengzhao Zhang (Author), Jiayan Liu (Author), Fengbo Wu (Author), Lingyan Zhou (Author), Ying Liu (Author), Na Su (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Gout is a common disease and is usually treated with uric acid-lowering drugs (the most commonly used of which are febuxostat and allopurinol). However, the cardiovascular safety of febuxostat and allopurinol is still controversial. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the cardiovascu...