CRP and myocardial infarction: Since the advent of high sensitivity technology permitting measurement of CRP levels as low as 0.007 mg/dl, compared to the previous detection limits of 3 to 5 mg/dl [1], epidemiologic studies have pointed to CRP as a predictor of both long- and short-term risk of stroke and myocardial infarction in men and women [2], [3].