Patent ID: 7081347
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assessing aspirin resistance in a patient, said method comprising determining the concentration of 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 in a sample of body fluid from the patient; comparing the concentration of 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 in the sample to a predetermined set of concentration quartiles comprising a first quartile, a second quartile, a third quartile and a fourth quartile, wherein the first quartile comprises concentrations less than 15.1 ng/mmol creatinine, the second quartile comprises concentrations between 15.1 ng/mmol creatinine and 21.8 ng/mmol creatinine, the third quartile comprises concentrations between 21.9 ng/mmol creatinine and 33.7 ng/mmol creatinine, and the fourth quartile comprises concentrations greater than 33.8 ng/mmol creatinine; and determining within which quartile the sample concentration falls; wherein a concentration of 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 within the second, third or fourth quartile is indicative of aspirin resistance and resistance increases with each increasing quartile.