Compositions and Biomarkers for Heart Disease, Injury and Failure and Methods of Use

摘要

The present disclosure provides biomarkers useful for determining the risk of, prognosis of, and/or diagnosis of conditions such as ischemic and/or non-ischemic heart failure in a subject.

主权项

1. A method of treating a cardiac disease or disorder and/or improving cardiac function in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates the expression of nucleic acid encoding fetuin A in cells of the subject, thereby treating the cardiac disease or disorder and/or reducing fibrosis associated with the cardiac disease or disorder and/or improving cardiac function in the subject.