Given the chronic inflammatory state of both diseases as evidenced on laboratory studies by elevated serum levels of inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and homocysteine, along with well-known extra-intestinal inflammatory manifestations, one may postulate the association of IBD with coronary inflammation and subsequent plaque rupture and/or erosion leading to acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Here, CRP is linked to inflammatory bowel disease.