Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for assessing whether a subject has experienced one or more silent infarcts in a subject, said method comprising a) determining the amount of IGFBP7 in a sample from the subject, b) comparing the amount determined in step a) to a reference, and c) assessing whether a subject has experienced one or more silent infarcts. The present invention further relates to a method for predicting silent infarcts and/or cognitive decline, and methods for assessing and monitoring of the extent of silent small and large noncortical and cortical infarcts in a subject. Further encompassed by the present invention are the corresponding uses.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for assessing atrial fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of TFPI-2 in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of TFPI-2 to a reference amount, whereby atrial fibrillation is to be assessed. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods for assessing anticoagulation therapy and to methods for predicting the risk of stroke of a subject. Said methods are based on the determination of the amount of TFPI-2 in a sample from the subject.
Abstract:
The present disclosure demonstrates a method for predicting the risk of stroke of a subject and a method for improving the prediction accuracy of a clinical stroke risk score. The methods are based on the determination of the amount of Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and/or the amount of Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) in a sample from a subject. Moreover, disclose is the use of i) the biomarker Ang-2 and/or the biomarker IGFBP7, and/or ii) at least one detection agent that specifically binds to Ang-2 and/or at least one detection agent that specifically binds to IGFBP7 in a sample from a subject for predicting the risk of stroke of said subject.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for assessing atrial fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of ESM-1 in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of ESM-1 to a reference amount, whereby atrial fibrillation is to be assessed. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing heart failure and/or at least one structural or functional abnormality of the heart associated with heart failure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing atrial fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of a) determining the amount of total NT-proBNP in sample from the subject, b) determining the amount of unglycosylated NT-proBNP in a sample from the subject, c) calculating a score of the amounts determined in steps a) and b), d) comparing the calculated score with a reference score, and e) diagnosing atrial fibrillation in a subject.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for assessing whether a subject has experienced one or more silent infarcts in a subject, said method comprising a) determining the amounts of the biomarkers Osteopontin, cardiac Troponin, a natriuretic peptide and FABP-3 in a sample from the subject, b) comparing the amounts determined in step a) to references, and c) assessing whether a subject has experienced one or more silent infarcts. The present invention further relates to a method for predicting silent infarcts and/or cognitive decline, and methods for assessing and monitoring of the extent of silent small and large noncortical and cortical infarcts in a subject. Further encompassed by the present invention are the corresponding uses.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for assessing atrial fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of FGFBP-1 in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of FGFBP-1 to a reference amount, whereby atrial fibrillation is to be assessed. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods for the prediction of stroke based on the amount of FGFBP-1.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for assessing the risk of stroke in a subject, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of CES-2 in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of CES-2 to a reference amount, whereby the risk of stroke is to be assessed. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for assessing the efficacy of an anticoagulation therapy and a method for identifying a subject being eligible to the administration of at least one anticoagulation medicament or being eligible for increasing the dosage of at least one anticoagulation medicament.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting the risk of recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in a subject based on determining the amount of the biomarker Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and optionally of at least one further biomarker in a sample from the subject. The present disclosure also contemplates a method of diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation in a subject suspected to suffer from Atrial Fibrillation based on determining the amount of the biomarker Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and optionally of at least one further biomarker in a sample from the subject. Further envisaged are devices adapted to carry out the method of the present disclosure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an assay for specific detection of complement factor H-related protein 1 (CFHR1) in a sample from a subject, as well as kits and agents related thereto.