Patent ID: 7977105

Claim:
A method for differentiating between myocardial infarction (MI) and unstable angina pectoris (UAP) in a subject who suffers from acute coronary syndrome and, at the onset of symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), has a cardiac troponin level which is larger than 0.005 ng/ml but lower than 0.1 ng/ml, the method comprising: determining an amount of myoglobin in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of myoglobin determined to a reference amount for ruling in MI and a reference amount of myoglobin for ruling out MI, and differentiating between myocardial infarction and UAP based on the comparison, wherein an amount of myoglobin larger than the reference amount for ruling in MI is indicative for MI and an amount of myoglobin lower than the reference amount for ruling out MI is indicative for UAP.