AMI 6 Hour
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Lithium Heparin Gel
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Mint Green Top (Lithium Heparin Gel)
Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL Blood
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 2 hours
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerate: 48 hours
Frozen: aliquot for longer storage
Reference Range
Myoglobin:
Male: 17.4-105.7 ng/mL
Female: 14.3-65.8 ng/mL
Troponin:
<0.3 ng/mL
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT
84484, 83874
Test Alias
AMI6