C-reactive protein during and after myocardial infarction in relation to cardiac injury and left ventricular function at follow-up.

Maarten VanhaverbekeDenise VeltmanNele PattynNico De CremHilde GillijnsVéronique CornelissenStefan JanssensPeter R Sinnaeve

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2018)

hsCRP 1 month post-MI does not relate to acute cardiac injury or LV function at follow-up, but we confirm that peak CRP is an independent predictor of LV dysfunction at follow-up.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
heart failure
cardiac resynchronization therapy
mitral valve
oxidative stress
left atrial
respiratory failure
intensive care unit
acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention
aortic valve