A METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF GETTING A MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT

摘要

Disclosed is a method for predicting the risk of getting a major adverse cardiac event or death in a subject that has suffered an acute myocardial infarction containing determining the level of Protachykinin or fragments thereof of at least 5 amino acids in a bodily fluid obtained from the subject; and correlating the level of Protachykininor fragments thereof with the a risk for getting a major adverse cardiac event or death, wherein an elevated level is predictive for an enhanced risk of getting a major adverse cardiac event or death.