Patent ID: 7943317
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for evaluating a woman's responsiveness to acetylsalicylic acid treatment to reduce the risk of a future cardiovascular event, said method comprising: (a) genotyping nucleic acid in a sample from said woman for single nucleotide polymorphism rs3798220 at position chromosome 6:160880877 (March 2006 assembly—NCBI build 36.1) in the apolipoprotein (a) (Apo(a)) gene; (b) detecting a cytosine (C) or guanine(G) at said polymorphism rs3798220; and (c) identifying the woman with a cytosine (C) or guanine(G) at rs3798220 as responsive to acetylsalicylic acid treatment to reduce the risk of a future cardiovascular event.