Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) disrupts cardiac cell membranes, releasing intracellular cardiac proteins into the vascular system. Some of the proteins, including myoglobin, creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase type 1 (LD1), and cardiac troponin subunits I and T, have proven useful in diagnosing AMI.
Collect specimen in early morning or immediately following exercise.
Freeze
Screw cap plastic container (sterile)
Frozen (preferred) - 14 days
Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x2
Refrigerated - 3 days
Ambient - NO
Immunochemiluminometric assay (ICMA)
0 - 13 ng/mL