title: Usefulness of C-reactive protein and left ventricular function for risk assessment in survivors of acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The additional prognostic information provided by C-reactive protein (CRP) to parameters of left ventricular function in survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was investigated in 665 patients (326 with ST elevation and 339 with non-ST elevation). Cox multivariable analysis identified the following predictors of 6-month cardiac death: age (per 5 years hazard ratio [HR] 1.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1 to 1.4, p = 0.004), Killip class >I at presentation (HR 2.4, 95% CI 1.3 to 4.5, p = 0.0001), a reduced ejection fraction (per 5% HR 1.3, 95% CI 1.2 to 1.4, p = 0.0001), and greater CRP (per 5 mg/L HR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.04, p = 0.02); the C-index of the model was 0.77 without and 0.78 with CRP. CRP is associated with mortality in addition to age and parameters of ventricular function (Killip class and ejection fraction) in survivors of AMI, although the relevance of its additive predictive role seems marginal.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínic Universitari, Servei de Cardiologia, Blasco Ibáñez 17, València 46010, Spain. sanchis_juafor@gva.es
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanchis
authors.forename: Vicent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bodí
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Llácer
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Facila
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blasco
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanjuán
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Chorro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein