title: Preprocedural High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Predicts Long-Term Outcome of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
abstract: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) has been used to predict the risk of adverse cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Less is known, however, about the association between hs-CRP and long-term outcome after PCI in the Japanese population.
  
  
  
  We studied 3,039 all-comer patients with CAD who underwent their first PCI and had data available for preprocedural hs-CRP at Juntendo University between 2000 and 2011. Patients were assigned to tertiles based on preprocedural hs-CRP concentration. We evaluated the incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including all-cause death, acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and target vessel revascularization (TVR). Patients with higher hs-CRP had a higher prevalence of current smoking, chronic kidney disease and ACS, and a lower prevalence of statin use. During a median follow-up period of 6.5 years, ongoing divergence in MACE with hs-CRP tertile was noted on Kaplan-Meier curves (hs-CRP <0.08 mg/L, 26.4%; 0.08-0.25 mg/L, 38.2%; >0.25 mg/L, 45.6%; log-rank P<0.001). After adjustment for established cardiovascular risk factors, hs-CRP was associated with higher incidence of MACE (hazard ratio [HR], 1.10; 95% CI: 1.04-1.16, P<0.001) and higher all-cause mortality (HR, 1.14; 95% CI: 1.06-1.22, P<0.001).
  
  
  
  Preprocedural hs-CRP measurement is clinically useful for long-term risk assessment in Japanese patients with established CAD and undergoing PCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Tomotaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dohi
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shitara
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Shuta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogita
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Kikuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isoda
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daida
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D057234:Preoperative Period; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein