Abstract: The invention relates to medicine, in particular to internal medicine and/or cardiology. The present invention provides means and methods for typing a sample and identifying and/or treating a patient suffering from or at risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease by measuring mi RNA present in a sample of said patient. The present invention further provides means and methods for identifying new cardiovascular disease therapies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing and/or prognosing heart failure in a subject the method comprising the step of determining the level of at least one genetic marker in a body fluid sample obtained from said subject, wherein said at least one genetic marker is an mi RNA. The invention further relates to a method for treating or preventing heart failure in a subject the method comprising the step of decreasing within said subject the expression, amount, and/or activity of at least one mi RNA, or decreasing within said subject the interaction of at least one mi RNA with its m RNA target or increasing within said subject the expression, amount, and/or activity of the m RNA target of at least one mi RNA.