CRP and acute myocardial infarction: The rs671 (A) allele was also linked to elevated plasma high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels during the early phase of acute myocardial infarction (Bian et al., 2010), and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) was found as a prognostic biomarker of function and survival in ALS patients (Lunetta et al., 2017).