['Atherosclerosis is looked upon as an inflammatory disease. The production of proinflammatory markers may indicate activity in this inflammatory state.', 'We prospectively evaluated a range of proinflammatory serum parameters in 136 cardiac patients who had previously undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).', 'By means of myocardial scintigraphy, an ischemia group (A; n=49) and a group with stable cardiovascular disease without exercise induced ischemia (B; n=87) were distinguished. Risk factors and lipoprotein profile of both groups were comparable. Serum levels of serum C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-6, sTNF-RI, IGF-I, neopterin, serotonin and prolactin did not present any significant difference between the two groups.'] Do proinflammatory parameters as CRP and IL-6 discriminate between post-PCI cardiac patients with and without exercise-induced ischemia as indicated by Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy?