Recently, in the multicentre matched-control pilot study on CRP apheresis in Acute Myocardial Infarction (CAMI-1), there was a correlation between the CRP gradient between 12 and 32 hours after symptom onset and both myocardial infarct size and the extent of reduction in left ventricular function [28]. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and acute myocardial infarction.