Patent ID: 7074194

Claim:
A method for diagnosis of a clinical condition in a patient, said clinical condition selected from the group consisting of acute cardiac ischemia (ACI), acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or unstable angina (UA), or for risk stratification of a patient possibly with the condition, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining from the patient at least one sample of a substance stream which has been in contact with a tissue suspected of undergoing the clinical condition; b) conducting at least a first in vitro diagnostic assay on the sample for albumin that has been modified by exposure to ischemic tissue and optionally additional in vitro diagnostic assays; c) measuring and analyzing the patient's electrocardiogram (ECG); and d) applying an algorithm to combine the results of the assay(s) of step (b) and the electrocardiogram in step (c) using an algorithm to provide a positive or negative diagnosis or risk stratification of the clinical condition.