Salivary Alpha-Amylase Activity, a New Biomarker in Heart Failure?

Anke Suska^1,2*, Urban Alehagen³, Ingemar Lundstrom^1,2 and Ulf Dahlstrom³

¹Division of Applied Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

²Linkoping Center for Life Science Technologies (LIST), Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

³Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Department of Cardiology UHL, County Council of Ostergotland, Linkoping, Sweden

^*Corresponding Author: Anke Suska, Division of Applied Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linkoping University, S-58183 Linkoping, Sweden, Tel: +46 13 282625, Fax: +46 13 137568 Email: