Patents Assigned to Universitaet Maastricht
  • CIRCULATING DKK3 (DICKKOPF-RELATED PROTEIN 3) IN THE ASSESSMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
    Publication number: 20210156875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing atrial fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of DKK3 in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of DKK3 to a reference amount, whereby atrial fibrillation is to be assessed. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing heart failure and/or at least one structural or functional abnormality of the heart associated with heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Universitaet Maastricht, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
    Inventors: Johann Karl, Peter Kastner, Roberto Latini, Vinzent Rolny, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Andre Ziegler, Manuel Dietrich, Jennifer Meessen, Ulrich Schotten