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Methods predicting risk of an adverse clinical outcome

  • US 8,728,742 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2012
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for evaluating the risk of an adverse clinical outcome (ACO) in a subject having heart failure, the method comprising:

  • (a) performing an assay to determine a level of galectin-3 in a biological sample from a subject having heart failure,(b) comparing the level of galectin-3 in the biological sample of (a) to a reference level of galectin-3;

    (c) selecting a subject having an elevated level of galectin-3 in the biological sample of (a) as compared to the reference level of galectin-3;

    (d) performing an assay to determine a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample from the selected subject;

    (e) comparing the level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (d) to a reference level of soluble ST2; and

    (f) identifying a selected subject having an elevated level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (d) as compared to the reference level of soluble ST2 as having an increased risk of an ACO as compared to a subject having heart failure and an elevated level of galectin-3, who has a non-elevated level of soluble ST2, or identifying a selected subject having a non-elevated level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (d) as compared to the reference level of soluble ST2 as having a decreased risk of an ACO as compared to a subject having heart failure and an elevated level of galectin-3, who has an elevated level of soluble ST2.

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