INTERLEUKIN-33 (IL-33) FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

摘要

The present invention includes methods for the use of interleukIn-33 (IL-33) in the diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions including acute coronary syndrome (ACS), myocardial infarction, and/or heart failure, angina, cardiac hypertrophy, arteriosclerosis, myocarditis, pancarditis, endocarditis, stroke and/or pulmonary embolism and the determination of the severity of such conditions (prognosis).