Interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein and Risk for Death and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Conclusion In patients with AF, IL-6 is related to higher risk of stroke and major bleeding, and both markers are related to higher risk of vascular death and the composite of thromboembolic events independent of clinical risk factors. Adjustment for cardiovascular biomarkers attenuated the prognostic value, although IL-6 remained related to mortality, the composite of thromboembolic events, and major bleeding, and CRP to myocardial infarction.
Source: American Heart Journal - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research