Applyment value of delermining C-reactive protein in coronary artery disease

Objective To investigate the applyment value of delermining C-reactive protein(CRP) in coronary artery disease(CAD). Methods The patients with CAD (CAD group, 96 cases) were divided into three subgroups, 26 cases of stable angina pectoris (SAP) group, 30 cases of unstable angina pectoris (UAP) group, 40 cases of acute mycocardial infarction (AMI) group. Compaired the level of CRP, white blood cell(WBC) in three subgroups with that in controls (30 cases). Results The level of CRP in SAP group were higher than those in control group, with no statistics significance (P0.05), the level of CRP in UAP and AMI groups were remarkable higher than SAP groups and those in control group(P0.01); the level of WBC in all CAD groups were higher than those in control group, but the level of WBC had no remarkable differences between SAP group and UAP group, neither haigher than normal upper limit. Conclusions The level of CRP is an independent risk factor for CAD. Elevated CRP can reflect the order of severity of CAD.