CRP and congestive heart failure: Subsequently, we identified CRP expression in the serum of CHF patients and non-CHF subjects by ELISA, which manifested that the serum CRP level of CHF patients (3.7 ± 1.4 mg/L) was higher than that of non-CHF subjects (2.8 ± 1.2 mg/L) (Fig. 1, P < 0.01).