CRP and Stroke: However, the Heart Protection Study compared the vascular protective effects of simvastatin among 6 groups of patients with acute coronary syndrome and different fasting CRP levels, and found that simvastatin resulted in a significant reduction of vascular events (including coronary death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and revascularisation), but it did not modify the vascular benefits among groups with different baseline CRP levels37.