Cardiac Muscle Ab
Autoantibodies to antigens expressed by cardiac muscle. These autoantibodies are directed against multiple antigens, some of which are strictly expressed in the myocardium (e.g. organ specific
for the heart), others are expressed in heart and skeletal musscle.
| Tube | Serum Gel |
|---|---|
| ID | 12767 |
| Availability | Weekdays |
| Additional Information | These Ab are positive in a proportion of patients with Dressler's syndrome after myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, some cariomyopathies and after acute rheumatic fever. Diagnostic value is low. |
| Turn Around | 10 days |
| Send to | Leeds General Infirmary Clinical Immunology Old Medical School Great George Street Leeds LS1 3EX |
| Collection Con | No restrictions |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Sample REQ | Blood |
| Ref. Range (Male) | NA-interpretive |
| Ref. Range (Female) | NA-interpretive |
| Ref. Range (Paed) | NA-interpretive |
| Ref. Range Notes | Positive/|negative |
| Units | NA |
| IP Acute TAT | - Contact Laboratory |
| IP Routine TAT | 10 days |
| GP Acute TAT | - Contact Laboratory |
| GP Routine TAT | 10 days |
| Telepath | CARD1L |
| ICE Codes | ICARD |
