Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Phc Corporation

Lsi Medience Corporation

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

Dianeering Diagnostics Engineering and Research Gmbh

Eberhard Spanuth

Boris Ivandic

Kamon Shirakawa

Yoshikazu Okamura

Takeshi Matsuya

Shigeatsu Endo

Ralf Thomae

Christian Hamm

Shirakawa Kamon

Okamura Yoshikazu

Endo Shigeatsu

Matsuya Takeshi

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosis of a cardiovascular disease or condition or atherosclerosis and for a method for evaluating the risk of a subject of developing the same. Methods are further provided for evaluating a subject's risk of mortality, for evaluating whether a subject will benefit from a certain treatment or whether a subject needs to be hospitalized or whether a subject may be discharged. The present invention provides sCD14 or a fragment or derivative thereof (including in particular sCD14-ST) as a novel marker for cardiovascular risk in general, more specifically as a marker for cardiovascular disease or condition, or atherosclerosis.

Use of sCD14 or its fragments or derivatives for risk stratification, diagnosis and prognosis

Disclosed is a prediction method for the prognosis of sepsis comprising measuring an sCD14-ST level in a sample. sCD14-ST, to be measured in the present invention, is a marker superior to procalcitonin, known as a marker to predict the prognosis in sepsis patients.

Method for prediction of prognosis of sepsis

The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in a subject including a) determining the amount of fibrin-fibrinogen degradation products, in particular D-dimer in a sample of the subject; b) determining the amount of a natriuretic peptide in a sample of the subject; c) determining the amount of a cardiac troponin in a sample of the subject; and d) comparing the amounts determined in steps a) to c) to reference amounts, thereby establishing the diagnosis. Included is also a method of deciding on a therapy of a subject diagnosed with PE and a method of monitoring the therapy.

D-dimer, troponin, and NT-proBNP for pulmonary embolism

The present invention relates to the use of cardiac hormones, particularly natriuretic peptides, for diagnosing the cardiovascular risk of a patient who is a candidate for administration of a cox-2-inhibiting compound, in particular an NSAID, selective cox-2 inhibitor, or steroid. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of cardiac hormones, particularly natriuretic peptides, for diagnosing the cardiovascular risk of a patient who is a candidate for administration of a selective cox-2 inhibitor and further provides methods for diagnosing the risk of a patient to suffer from a cardiovascular complication as a consequence of administration of a cox-2 inhibiting compound.

Cardiac hormones for assessing cardiovascular risk

The present invention concerns methods for diagnosing myocardial infarction, for performing risk stratification of myocardial infarction, for making a prognosis of a disease course in a myocardial infarction patient, for identifying a patient with elevated risk of myocardial infarction, or combinations thereof, wherein a determination of at least three markers is performed on a patient sample. Furthermore, kits for performing the methods are provided.

Making a prognosis in cases of cardiac disease using a combination of markers

The present invention relates to the use of cardiac hormones, particularly natriuretic peptides, for diagnosing the cardiovascular risk of a patient who is a candidate for adminitstration of a cox-2-inhibiting compound, in particular an NSAID, selective cox-2 inhibitior, or steroid. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of cardiac hormones, particularly natriuretic peptides, for diagnosing the cardiovascular risk of a patient who is a candidate for administration of a selective cox-2 inhibitor, comprising the steps of (a) measuring, preferably in vitro, the level of a cardiac hormone, (b) diagnosing the risk of the patient by comparing the measured level to known levels associated with different grades of risk in a patient. The most preferred cardiac hormone in the context of the present invention is NT-proBNP. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing the risk of a patient to suffer from a cardiovascular complication as a consequence of administration of a cox-2 inhibiting compound, comprising the steps of (a) measuring the level of a cardiac hormone, (b) diagnosing the risk of the patient by comparing the measured level to known levels associated with different grades of risk in a patient.

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