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Clinical Investigation and Reports

Incremental Prognostic Value of Elevated Baseline C-Reactive Protein Among Established Markers of Risk in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Derek P. Chew, MBBS; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD; Mark A. Robbins, MD; Marc S. Penn, MD, PhD; Jakob P. Schneider, RN; Michael S. Lauer, MD; Eric J. Topol, MD; Stephen G. Ellis, MD

From the Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

Correspondence to Stephen G. Ellis, MD, Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Desk F25, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195. E-mail elliss{at}ccf.org

Background— Established methods of risk assessment in percutaneous coronary intervention have focused on clinical and anatomical lesion characteristics. Emerging evidence indicates the substantial contribution of inflammatory processes to short-term and long-term outcomes in coronary artery disease.

Methods and Results— Within a single-center registry of contemporary percutaneous coronary revascularization strategies with postprocedural creatine kinase and clinical events routinely recorded, we assessed the association of baseline C-reactive protein with death or myocardial infarction within the first 30 days. Predictive usefulness of baseline C-reactive protein within the context of established clinical and angiographic predictors of risk was also examined. Among 727 consecutive patients, elevated baseline C-reactive protein before percutaneous coronary intervention was associated with progressive increase in death or myocardial infarction at 30 days (lowest quartile, 3.9%, versus highest quartile, 14.2%; P=0.002). Among clinical and procedural characteristics, baseline C-reactive protein remained independently predictive of adverse events, with the highest quartile of C-reactive protein associated with an odds ratio for excess 30-day death or myocardial infarction of 3.68 (95% CI, 1.51 to 8.99; P=0.004). A predictive model that included baseline C-reactive protein quartiles, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association lesion score, acute coronary syndrome presentation, and coronary stenting appears strongly predictive of 30-day death or myocardial infarction within this population (C-statistic, 0.735) and among individual patients (Brier score, 0.006).

Conclusions— Elevated baseline C-reactive protein portends heightened risk of 30-day death or myocardial infarction after coronary intervention. Coupled anatomic, clinical, and inflammatory risk stratification demonstrates strong predictive utility among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and may be useful for guiding future strategies.


Key Words: angioplasty • stents • inflammation




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