Diagnostic, clinical and prognostic aspects determine the concentration of C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure.

A lot of mechanisms in development and progression of cardiac dysfunction are associated with changes of multiple markers and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is one of them. The role of this inflammatory marker in heart failure pathogenesis requires further study. However, various recent reports have suggested that C-reactive protein assessment may be used for prediction of incident heart failure, its prognosis and estimation of the disease severity.