Relationship of high sensitivity C-reactive protein with cardiac biomarkers in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine high sensitivity C-reactive protein [hsCRP] levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction [AMI] and its correlation with classical enzyme markers of myocardial damage. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study Department of Emergency Medicine at King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh and Department of Physiology, from August 2010 to December 2011