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US 9,261,517 B2Granted
Diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, or angina pectoris by means of neurophysin II
AssigneeB.R.A.H.M.S GmbH
InventorsAndreas Bergmann, Nils Morgenthaler, Jana Papassotiriou, Joachim Struck, Leong L. Ng
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods for in vitro diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or angina pectoris (AP) by determining the level of neurophysin II in a sample from a patient.
Claims9
A method for in vitro diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, or angina pectoris, comprising
- a) determining the level of neurophysin II in at least one sample from a patient, wherein said neurophysin II is a fragment of preprovasopressin, said fragment consisting of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2;
- and b) diagnosing the presence of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction or angina pectoris in said patient based on the result in step a) .
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