CRP and atherosclerosis: Additionally, Ladenvall C. et al. [104] reported that in the acute phase the CRP levels were higher in cardioembolic than in other etiologies (cardioembolic: 7.07 (2.39–17.8); atherosclerosis: 4.66 (1.79–13.9); lacunar: 3.08 (1.52–5.79)).