Introduction
Despite improvements in the treatment of complicated acute
myocardial infarction (AMI), cardiovascular mortality and morbidity
remain high. Numerous publications have identified a large number
of potential prognostic biomarkers as independent risk predictors.
Within a prospective biomarker substudy of the Optimal Trial in Myocardial
Infarction with Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan (OPTIMAAL),
the value of several promising biomarkers to predict future
major cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with AMI complicated