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AMI, Initial

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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

AMII