Association between temporal changes in C-reactive protein levels and prognosis in patients with previous myocardial infarction - A report from the CHART-2 Study

Several studies have reported that C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory biomarker, predicts cardiovascular events independently of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. However, no study examined whether temporal changes in CRP levels are associated with clinical events in patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI).

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - July 11, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Takuya Oikawa, Yasuhiko Sakata, Kotaro Nochioka, Masanobu Miura, Ruri Abe, Shintaro Kasahara, Masayuki Sato, Hajime Aoyanagi, Chiharu Saga, Yasuko Ikeno, Takashi Shiroto, Koichiro Sugimura, Jun Takahashi, Satoshi Miyata, Hiroaki Shimokawa, CHART-2 Investi Source Type: research