T. Rastogi

Persistent C-reactive protein elevation and incident heart failure in adults at increased cardiovascular risk: A multinational electronic health record study.

BACKGROUND Systemic inflammation has been associated with heart failure (HF) development. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive marker of inflammation, but its prognostic association with incident HF remains incompletely defined. We explored whether persistent CRP elevation was associated with incident HF among adult...