Is it possible that gout can cause blood clots?
gout and pulmonary embolism - Atrial Fibrillati...
gout and pulmonary embolism
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From my days in the pharmaceutical industry where we made drugs for PE, the thrombus doesn’t often form in the lungs but travels there from the circulation (often the leg veins).
It seems that there is evidence that high levels of uric acid do increase the prevalence of thrombotic episodes:
Steve
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