Vanhaverbeke M, et al. - Researchers determined if left ventricular (LV) function could be better predicted by measuring C-reactive protein (CRP) during myocardial infarction (MI) vs at 1-month follow-up. They examined prospectively enrolled 131 consecutive patients with acute MI and without non-cardiovascular causes of inflammation. Using the markers of cardiac injury, the correlations of admission and peak levels of CRP during hospitalization and high-sensitivity (hs) CRP at 1-month follow-up were studied. Findings showed no association of hsCRP 1-month post-MI with acute cardiac injury or LV function at follow-up. Peak CRP was confirmed as an independent predictor of LV dysfunction at follow-up.