Patent ID: 7521181
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A61P,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for diagnosing the risk of myocardial infarction, comprising the following steps (i) to (iii): (i) analyzing two polymorphisms (1) and (2) in a nucleic acid sample: (1) polymorphism at the base number position 1019 of the connexin 37 gene; and (2) polymorphism at the base number position 242 of the NADH/NADPH oxidase p22 phox gene; (ii) determining, based on the information about said polymorphism which was obtained in the step (i), the genotype of the nucleic acid sample; and (iii) assessing, based on the genotype determined, a genetic risk of myocardial infarction.