Patent Document ID: 20090264779
Application ID: 12425956
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for evaluating the risk of a major adverse cardiac event (MACE) for a subject within one year, the method comprising: determining a MACE risk score (MACERS) for a subject based upon, at least in part, the ratio of a second level of Growth Stimulation-Expressed Gene 2 (ST2) in the subject at a second time (ST2 T0) to a first level of ST2 in the subject at a first time (ST2 T1), in combination with a weighted logarithm of a level of a natriuretic peptide (NP) in the subject at the second time (NP T1), and comparing the MACERS to a reference MACERS; wherein the MACERS in comparison with the reference MACERS is indicative of the subject's risk of a MACE within one year.