Method for predicting cardiovascular risk
US11948230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A90/10
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention describes a new functional biomarker of vascular inflammation and its use in predicting all-cause or cardiac mortality. The invention also provides a method for stratifying patients according to their risk of all-cause or cardiac mortality using data gathered from a computer tomography scans of a blood vessel to determine a specific combination of structural and functional biomarkers of vascular inflammation and disease.
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