Novel and conventional biomarkers for prediction of incident cardiovascular events in the community. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Melander O, Newton-Cheh C, Almgren P, Hedblad B, Berglund G, Engström G, Persson M, Smith JG, Magnusson M, Christensson A, Struck J, Morgenthaler NG, Bergmann A, Pencina MJ, Wang TJ. Novel and conventional biomarkers for prediction of incident cardiovascular events in the community. JAMA. 2009 Jul 1;302(302). 49-57. PMID: 19567439 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3090639 NIHMSID: NIHMS288815.

Prior studies have demonstrated conflicting results regarding how much information novel biomarkers add to cardiovascular risk assessment.