A Client Has an Elevated Level of C-Reactive Protein

A client has an elevated level of C-reactive protein. The nurse explains the significance of this finding as

A) an indication of an inflammatory process like atherosclerosis.
B) not related to future cardiac events such as myocardial infarction.
C) suggestive of a recent pulmonary embolus.
D) worrisome because it signals possible myocardial irritability.