myocardial antibody in serum

Indications

• may be associated with:
  • rheumatic heart disease
  • cardiomyopathy
  • post-thoracotomy syndrome
  • post-myocardial infarction

Storage

store at -20 C

Methods

indirect immunofluorescence

Specimen

serum

Interferences

• no chemical interferences or in vivo effects known

More general terms

• myocardial antibody in body fluid

Additional terms

• anti-myocardial antibody