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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Ziad Mallat, Paris, FR;
Alain Tedgui, Paris, FR;
Sotirios Tsimikas, La Jolla, CA (US);
Joseph Witztum, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ziad Mallat, Paris, FR;
Alain Tedgui, Paris, FR;
Sotirios Tsimikas, La Jolla, CA (US);
Joseph Witztum, La Jolla, CA (US);
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Paris, FR;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention related to a method of identifying a subject having or at risk of having or developing a cardiovascular disease and/or a cardiovascular event, comprising: —measuring, in a sample obtained from said subject, at least two cardiovascular risk factors: a) sPLA2 type HA mass and b) oxidized phospholipids on apolipoprotein B-IOO particles (OxPL/apoB), —combining said measurements, the combined value of sPLA2 type HA mass and OxPL/apoB being indicative of having or a risk of having or developing a cardiovascular disease and/or cardiovascular event.