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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Francis G. Spinale, Charleston, SC (US);
Robert E. Stroud, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Michael R. Zile, Charleston, SC (US);
Inventors:
Francis G. Spinale, Charleston, SC (US);
Robert E. Stroud, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Michael R. Zile, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting or predicting diastolic heart failure in a subject, comprising identifying a profile of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) from a body fluid of the subject that is associated herein with the existence of likely development of left ventricular dilation (LVD).