For the past 3 or 4 years, my internist has done a C-reactive protein test on me. My most recent high-sensitivity CRP was 3.1, which she says is high and should be below 2.5. It's been over 5 in the past. I have no history of heart disease in my family (other than my father having a fatal aortic ...
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C-Reactive Protein
Stuart Lubin
Saturday, December 01, 2007 at 12:23 AMI have read the doctor's "expert" opinion. All I can say is that anyone who does not consider C-Reactive Protein as a risk factor in CAD does not know his medicine and is more concerned with the growing cost of testing that preventing the pittfalls of a coronary event. I guess it is a question of what we put first: human values or economic values. Doctors should do these tests and then advise patients what to do to improve their health.
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