DIAGNOSIS AND RISK STRATIFICATION USING NT-proET-1

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the diagnosis and/or risk stratification of cardiac diseases and diseases of the respiratory tract and lungs. According to said method, the free fragment N-terminal proEndothelin (NT-proET-1; AS 18-52 of the preproET according to fig. 1) or fragments and partial peptides thereof is or are determined.