Pathology tests database

Sample and container requirements

Serum

Minimum volume required

4 ml Blood

Special requirements

None

Patient preparation

None

Sample viability

Store at 4oC prior to sending to referral lab

Turnaround time

14 days from receipt at referral laboratory

Reference range

Negative

Clinical guidance

Cardiac muscle antibodies are described in patients with Dressler’s syndrome after myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery or have had rheumatic fever. They can be directed towards a number of antigens such as adenine nucleotide translocator protein, cardiac myosin and tropomysin. The presence of antibodies can occur without the Dressler syndrome. https://sheffieldlaboratorymedicine.nhs.uk/search-test.php?search=3021&testname=Cardiac%20Muscle%20Antibodies

Notes

Sheffield