Patent ID: 7622303

Claim:
A method for assessing a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in a patient using a plurality of biochemical markers, comprising the steps of: assessing the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in the patient as a function of a measurement of a first biochemical marker A in the patient; assessing the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia as a function of a measurement of a second biochemical marker B in the patient; comparing a measure M A of the first biochemical marker A to a threshold value T A of A, wherein if M A is greater than or equal to T A , a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia does not exist in a patient, and wherein if M A is less than T A , a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia may or may not exist in said patient, and wherein if M A is less than T A , comparing a measure M B of the second biochemical marker B to a threshold value T B of B, wherein if M B is less than T B a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia does not exist in the patient, and wherein if M B is greater than or equal to T B , a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia may or may not exist in the patient.