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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Ursula-henrike Wienhues-thelen, Krailling, DE;
Sara Arab, Toronto, CA;
Dirk Block, Bichl, DE;
Andrew Emili, Toronto, CA;
Anthony Gramolini, Toronto, CA;
Georg Hess, Mainz, DE;
Hendrik Heudig, Penzberg, DE;
Peter Liu, Toronto, CA;
David Maclennan, Toronto, CA;
Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Krailling, DE;
Sara Arab, Toronto, CA;
Dirk Block, Bichl, DE;
Andrew Emili, Toronto, CA;
Anthony Gramolini, Toronto, CA;
Georg Hess, Mainz, DE;
Hendrik Heudig, Penzberg, DE;
Peter Liu, Toronto, CA;
David MacLennan, Toronto, CA;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for assessing heart failure in vitro including the steps of measuring in a sample the concentration of the marker SFRP-3, of optionally measuring in the sample the concentration of one or more other marker(s) of heart failure, and of assessing heart failure by comparing the concentration determined in for SFRP-3 and the concentration(s) determined for the optionally one or more other marker to the concentration of this marker or these markers as established in a reference population. Also disclosed are the use of SFRP-3 as a marker protein in the assessment of heart failure, a marker combination comprising SFRP-3 and a kit for measuring SFRP-3.