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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, NL;
Johann Karl, Peissenberg, DE;
Peter Kastner, Murnau am Staffelsee, DE;
Roberto Latini, Milan, IT;
Serge Masson, Monza, IT;
Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Krailling, DE;
Andre Ziegler, Laeufelfingen, CH;
Manuel Dietrich, Schongau, DE;
Ulrich Schotten, Aachen, DE;
Vinzent Rolny, Munich, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Universiteit Maastricht, LK Maastricht, NL;
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, HX Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is 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, a method for diagnosing heart failure and/or at least one structural or functional abnormality of the heart associated with heart failure is disclosed.