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Device and method of monitoring a patient

  • US 20090054741A1
  • Filed: 03/24/2006
  • Published: 02/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device for predicting heart failure comprising a detector configured to monitor concentration excursions, in samples taken from a patient at regular intervals, a level of a first biomarker selected from the group consisting of:

  • a marker of inflammation, a marker of plaque stability, a marker of thrombus formation, a marker of plaque rupture, a marker of myocardial ischemia, a marker of myocardial apoptosis or injury, a marker of left ventricular volume overload or myocardial stretch, a marker of anemia, a marker of renal function, a marker of electrolyte balance, and a marker of sodium retention.

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