Anti Myocardial Antibody

From Anvita Health Wiki

Contents 1 Etiology 2 Storage 3 Methods 4 Specimen 5 Interferences 6 More General Terms 7 Additional Terms 8 References

Etiology

• 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

• serology
• autoantibody

Additional Terms

• cardiomyopathy
• rheumatic heart disease/rheumatic fever

References

Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed.,  W.B. Saunders, 1995

anti-myocardial antibody