Patent Document ID: 9965593
Application ID: 14244526
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of treating a subject, the method comprising: (a) determining a first level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample comprising serum, blood, or plasma that is obtained from a subject at a first time point (ST2 T0) using an immunoassay comprising a monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to soluble ST2; (b) initiating administration of outpatient treatment to the subject at the first time point; (c) determining a second level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample comprising serum, blood, or plasma that is obtained from the subject at a second time point (ST2 T1) using the immunoassay comprising the monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to soluble ST2; (d) determining a third level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample comprising serum, blood, or plasma that is obtained from the subject at a third time point (ST2 T2) using the immunoassay comprising the monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to soluble ST2; (e) determining a level of a natriuretic peptide (NP) in a biological sample comprising serum, blood, or plasma that is obtained from the subject at the second time point (NP T1) using an immunoassay comprising a monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to the NP; (f) determining a level of the NP in a biological sample comprising serum, blood, or plasma that is obtained from the subject at the third time point (NP T2) using the immunoassay comprising the monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to the NP; (g) determining a first MACE risk score (MACERS) for the subject based upon, at least in part, the ratio of ST2 T1 to ST2 T0, in addition to a weighted natural logarithm of NP T1 according to the following formula: 
 First MACERS=(ST2T1/ST2T0)+αln(NP T1), wherein α is a weighting factor; (h) determining a second MACE risk score (MACERS) for a subject based upon, at least in part, the ratio of ST2 T2 to ST2 T0, in addition to a weighted natural logarithm of NP T2 according to the following formula: 
 Second MACERS=(ST2T2/ST2T0)+αln(NP T2), wherein α is a weighting factor; (i) selecting a subject having a second MACERS that is equal to or elevated as compared to the first MACERS; and (j) administering inpatient treatment to the selected subject.