Multiple biomarkers for the prediction of first major cardiovascular events and death. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Wang TJ, Gona P, Larson MG, Tofler GH, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Jacques PF, Rifai N, Selhub J, Robins SJ, Benjamin EJ, D'Agostino RB, Vasan RS. Multiple biomarkers for the prediction of first major cardiovascular events and death. The New England journal of medicine. 2006 Dec 21;355(355). 2631-9. PMID: 17182988 [PubMed]

Abstract

Few investigations have evaluated the incremental usefulness of multiple biomarkers from distinct biologic pathways for predicting the risk of cardiovascular events.