title: Response to letter regarding article, "The prognostic impact of uric acid in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure".
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotake
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.affiliation: ICU, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba 270-1694, Japan. Electronic address: s6042@nms.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shirakabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Clinical Research, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Noritake
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinada
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Junsuke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shiomura
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Suguru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishigoori
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuniya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D004232:Diuretics; D006333:Heart Failure; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D014527:Uric Acid
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D014527:Uric Acid
keywords: Acute heart failure syndrome; Loop diuretics; Renal failure; Uric acid