[Ultrasensitive C-reactive protein as a prognostic biomarker for cardiovascular disease]
Pichon Riviere A, Augustovski F, Garcia Marti S, Alcaraz A, Glujovsky D, Lopez A, Rey-Ares L, Bardach A, Ciapponi A, Urtasun M, Comandé D, Brito V
Record ID 32014000252
Spanish
Authors' objectives:
To assess the available evidence on the usefulness of ultra-sensitive C-reactive protein as an independent risk factor in the asymptomatic population and as prognostic factor in the population with cardiovascular disease.
Authors' recommendations:
There is large high quality evidence about the usefulness of US-CRP as CVE risk predictor in all the populations assessed. However, despite there is no direct evidence whether the US-CRP determination can improve patient prognosis, there is consensus on the fact that by re-categorizing the risk and altering the therapeutic approaches, there may be benefits for the group of patients without known coronary disease and with intermediate risk of events at 10 years. The existing evidence to date highlights the usefulness of US-CRP at the time of defining statin therapy in men and women without CHD, 50 years old or older and 60 years old respectively, in the presence of LDL-<130 mg/dL levels and no co-morbidities such as diabetes. CRP measurement in men younger than 50 years old and women 60 years of age or younger is considered as a potential additional tool when estimating the individual risk of CVE at10 years. It is not recommended to assess the levels of US-CRP both in asymptomatic individuals at high risk of CVE and in males below 50 years old or women 60 years old or younger at low risk of CVE at 10 years. There is no consensus supporting the usefulness of adding US-CRP to risk staging in patients with stable coronary disease or acute coronary syndrome.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2013
URL for published report:
https://www.iecs.org.ar/home-ets/?cod_publicacion=1553&origen_publicacion=publicaciones
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Argentina
MeSH Terms
- Biomarkers
- Cardiovascular Diseases
Contact
Organisation Name:
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
Contact Address:
Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires - Argentina, C1414 CABA
Contact Name:
info@iecs.org.ar
Contact Email:
info@iecs.org.ar
Copyright:
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS)
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