Background: Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are as atherosclerotic heart disease, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart diseases (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD). CAD is the largest contributor of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and mortality rate is due in prevalence to atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory condition of the arterial wall.
Objective: To assess the relationship between C reactive protein /albumin ratio and the extent of coronary coronary disease assessed by the syntax score I in patients with non ST elevated myocardial infarction.
Patients and methods: This was a prospective cohort study carried out at Cardiology Department of Al-Azhar University, and Al-Agouza Cardiology Department, and enrolled 100 patients admitted with non ST- elevation myocardial infarction and underwent coronary intervention during the period from January 2019 to February 2020.
Results: There was a non-statistically significant relation regarding gender and age. There was statistically significant relation regarding diabetes mellitus (DM) and dyslipidemia (cholesterol and LDL). There was also a statistically significant relation regarding syntax score, CRP and also CRP/Alb ratio.
Conclusion: There was a correlation between CRP/ Albumin ratio and the severity of coronary artery disease assessed by syntax score I.