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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) A C-reactive protein (CRP) test is a blood test that measures the amount of a protein called C-reactive protein in your blood. C-reactive protein measures general levels of inflammation in your body. High levels of CRP are caused by infections and many long-term diseases. But a CRP test cannot show where the inflammation is located or what is causing it. Other tests are needed to find the cause and location of the inflammation.
But there's a lesser-known, relatively new player in heart-disease risk assessment called CRP, or C-reactive protein. A study in the January 2004 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine suggested that elevated levels of CRP could provide doctors with information that could ultimately prevent thousands of deaths from heart disease.