CRP and heart failure: In other smaller reports, higher CRP concentrations shortly after an acute coronary syndrome related to more severe wall‐motion abnormalities on echocardiography, a higher incidence of heart failure,21 and a higher risk of cardiac rupture or aneurysm formation after a Q‐wave MI.29 Our study shows consistent relationships to short‐term outcomes across this inflammatory axis and suggests that CRP, SAA, and IL‐6 reflect a more severe and complicated consequence of acute coronary syndrome that relates to death.