| abstract |
A procedure for diagnosing functional and / or structural abnormalities of the heart, which precede heart failure, in a subject suffering from hypertension, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and / or who has a history of smoking, comprising, the method, the steps of: a) measuring, in a blood, serum or plasma sample obtained from a subject, the concentration of at least one cardiac troponin or a variant thereof; b) the diagnosis of the aforementioned functional and / or structural anomalies, by comparing the concentration determined in step (a) with a reference quantity, where the subject does not show left ventricular hypertrophy, and where, Structural and / or functional abnormalities of the heart, which precede heart failure, comprise an abnormality selected from a left ventricular structural change, an increased septum diameter, an increased posterior wall diameter, and diastolic dysfunction. |