Defining a disease is a process whereby physicians and clinical scientists are able to place a label on a specific pathologic entity. If this label is used carefully, it will characterize that disease process to facilitate future interactions between the patient and the healthcare system. Labeling a patient with a specific diagnosis has important implications for that person with respect to his...

In contemporary cardiovascular practice, the most common and useful applications of biomarkers focus on disease diagnosis, with troponins for myocardial infarction and natriuretic peptides for heart failure representing the most notable examples. Identification of additional cardiovascular diagnostic markers has proved challenging, however, because high quality studies for diagnostic indication...

In contemporary cardiovascular practice, the most common and useful applications of biomarkers focus on disease diagnosis, with troponins for myocardial infarction and natriuretic peptides for heart failure representing the most notable examples. Identification of additional cardiovascular diagnostic markers has proved challenging, however, because high quality studies for diagnostic indication...