CRP and Stroke: Table 5 shows that the preoperative and 6 months mean difference HRQoL scores were similar among patients who were in NYHA class I-II vs. III-IV, with normal vs. low preoperative LVEF, with vs. without stroke, hypertensives vs. non-hypertensives, with vs. without pulmonary hypertension, with severe vs. moderate mitral stenosis, with elevated vs. normal CRP, and those who underwent mitral valve replacement vs. double valve.