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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email CRP and troponins predict outcome in non-ST elevation ACS In the FRISC trial of 917 patients with a non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction), elevated levels of C-reactive protein, obtained within 24 hours, were associated with an increased incidence of death from cardiac causes at a mean follow-up of 37 months; its effects were additive to maximal serum troponin T levels. Data from: Lindahl B, Toss H, Siegbahn A, et al. N Engl J Med 2000; 343:1139.