Should an ‘Inflammation Number’ Change Your Heart-Health Plan?
If you are worried about chronic inflammation, when is a high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) test worth discussing with your clinician, and would its result change your cardiovascular care?
Learn to ask whether an inflammation test would resolve a specific heart-care decision rather than simply add another number.
Quick answer
An inflammation result is useful only when it answers a clinical question; this packet supports overall cardiovascular risk assessment but does not establish an hs-CRP testing or treatment threshold.
This guide answers
- An inflammation result is useful only when it answers a clinical question; this packet supports overall cardiovascular risk assessment but does not establish an hs-CRP testing or treatment threshold.
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