Macro AST

Alphabetical Test listing

Macro AST-994

  
Macro AST
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
  • Determining biologically active levels of AST, in asymptomatic patients with elevated AST levels
  • Ruling out the presence of macroAST
  
Serum
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.6 mL
  

Immediately following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gentle inversion, 5 times

  
  1. Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Screw cap transfer vial/tube (Mayo T914), labelled as serum
  4. Freeze
  
  
  

Frozen (preferred) - 30 days

Refrigerated - 7 days

Ambient - 7 days

  
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (ZW10): R-NX
  
Daily
  
1 - 2 days
  

Photometric Rate, L-Aspartate with Pyridoxyl-5-Phosphate

  

See report

  
No CPT
  
11/14/2019
  
01/12/2024
  
01/12/2024