Early Inflammation and Risk of Long-Term Development of Heart Failure and Mortality in Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Predictive Role of C-Reactive Protein
Mahmoud Suleiman, MD*,
Rania Khatib*,
Yoram Agmon, MD*,
Riad Mahamid, MD*,
Monther Boulos, MD ,
Michael Kapeliovich, MD, PhD*,
Yishai Levy, MD,
Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc*,
Walter Markiewicz, MD*,
Haim Hammerman, MD* and
Doron Aronson, MD*,*
* Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and the Bruce Rappaport faculty of medicine, Haifa, Israel
Department of Internal Medicine D, Rambam Medical Center and the Bruce Rappaport faculty of medicine, Haifa, Israel
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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier plot showing the crude cumulative incidence of death according to quartiles of C-reactive protein. p < 0.0001 by the log-rank test for the overall comparison among the groups.
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Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier plot showing the crude cumulative incidence of admission for the treatment of heart failure according to quartiles of C-reactive protein. p < 0.0001 by the log-rank test for the overall comparison among the groups.
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Figure 3 Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality or admission for heart failure (HF) after hospital discharge according to quartiles of C-reactive protein (CRP) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), clinical evidence for heart failure on admission, and left ventricular systolic function. The percent of events in each group is given above each bar.
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