Markers in Cardiology - AHA Current and Future Clinical Applications

The chapters in this monograph detail the past, present and potential future of markers used for the detection of myocardial injury and for risk assessment as part of a cardiovascular disease work-up strategy. The strengths of this extensive overview, written by many of the current leaders in the field, lie in the evidence presented in addressing analytical/technical, clinical, and outcome-assessments of each biomarker currently used in clinical practice, and for those being investigated as potential cutting-edge tools.

Jesse E. Adams III, MD, FACC Investigator, Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Institute; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Louisville, KY Fred S. Apple, PhD Medical Director, Clinical Laboratories, Hennepin County Medical Center; Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis Stephanie W. Bateman, BA Research Assistant, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH Linda Cise, MS Research Technician, Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN Desire Collen, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology and Department of Cardiology, University of Leuven, Belgium George K. Daniel, MD Cardiology Fellow, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN Rose Felten, MS Research Technician, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN V.J. Ferrans, MD, PhD Pathology Section, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD George A. Fischer, PhD, DABCC Technical Director, Chemistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Norbert Frey, MD Medizinische Klinik II, Medizinische, Universitat zu Lubeck, Germany Robert Fromm, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Evangelos Giannitsis, MD Medizinische Klinik II, Medizinische, Universitat zu Lubeck, Germany W. Brian Gibler, MD Richard C. Levy Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Director of Center for Emergency Care, University of Cincinnati Hospital, OH Jessica Gillespie, BS Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis Jan F.C. Glatz, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM); Department of Physiology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Britta U. Goldmann, MD Cardiology Department, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany David A. Grundy, MD Emergency Medicine Training Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH Richa Gupta, MD Postdoctoral Fellow, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN Eugene H. Herman, PhD Division of Applied Pharmacology Research, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD Wim T. Hermens, PhD Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM); Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Paul Holvoet, PhD Centre for Experimental Surgery and Anesthesiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Michael P. Hudson, MD Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC Allan S. Jaffe, MD Senior Assistant Consultant, Mayo Clinic; Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN Robert L. Jesse, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Director, Acute Cardiac Care, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Saeed A. Jortani, PhD, FACB Senior Research Associate, Director, Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY Hugo A. Katus, MD Medizinische Klinik II, Medizinische, Universitat zu Lubeck, Germany Michael C. Kontos, MD Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Associate Director, Acute Cardiac Care, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Ralf Labugger, MSc PhD Candidate, Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Johannes Mair, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Innsbruck; Specialist in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Resident in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria Jason L. McDonough, BSc(H) PhD Candidate, Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Vickie A. Miracle, RN, EdD, CCRN, CCNS Director of Education, Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Institute, Louisville, KY Margit Muller-Bardorff, MD Medizinische Klinik II, Medizinische, Universitat zu Lubeck, Germany E. Magnus Ohman, MD Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC Kelly S. Quinn-Hall, MT (ASCP) Technical Specialist, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH, FACC Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Michael E. Ritchie, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine; Chief, Section of Cardiology, Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis Robert Roberts, MD Don W. Chapman Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Kathy Sturdevant, BS Research Technician, Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN Roland Valdes, Jr., PhD, FACB Professor and Vice-Chairman, Director, Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY Frans Van de Werf, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Head of the Department of Cardiology, University of Leuven, Belgium Jennifer E. Van Eyk, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Johan Vanhaecke, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Head of Heart Failure/Heart Transplantation Unit, Department of Cardiology, University of Leuven, Belgium Britta Weidtmann, MD Medizinische Klinik II, Medizinische, Universitat zu Lubeck, Germany Stacey Wieczorek, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Hartford Hospital, CT Alan H.B. Wu, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, CT Kiang-Teck J. Yeo, PhD Associate Professor, Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH