title: High-sensitive C-reactive protein predicts outcome after coronary artery bypass.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Elevated high-sensitive C-reactive protein is a powerful independent predictor of cardiovascular events. However, there are scant data on its impact on midterm or long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed data of 2863 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass in 2006-2007. Early endpoints were hospital mortality and major morbidity. Midterm endpoints were overall mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, and heart failure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During hospital stay, 26 patients died and 288 suffered major morbidity. After 3.6 years of follow-up, 56 patients had died, 105 had major adverse cardiovascular events, and 70 developed heart failure. Multivariate analysis revealed every 1 mg·L(-1) increase of high-sensitive C-reactive protein was associated with increased odds ratio for early mortality (odds ratio = 2.50, p = 0.002), major morbidity (odds ratio = 1.38, p = 0.02), and hazard ratio for midterm mortality (hazard ratio = 1.68, p = 0.03), major adverse cardiovascular events (hazard ratio = 1.48, p = 0.04), and heart failure (hazard ratio = 1.88, p = 0.01). Preoperative high-sensitive C-reactive protein>2.5 mg·L(-1) predicted higher risks of early (hazard ratio = 2.69, p = 0.02) and midterm mortality (hazard ratio = 1.92, p = 0.02), major morbidity (hazard ratio = 1.46, p = 0.004), major adverse cardiovascular events (hazard ratio = 2.06, p<0.001), and heart failure (hazard ratio = 1.71, p = 0.03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Elevated high-sensitive C-reactive protein (>2.5 mg·L(-1)) predicts poor early and midterm outcomes after coronary artery bypass.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiovacular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianyang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Limeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hongguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Shengshou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000097:blood*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D002097:C-Reactive Protein