MYOGLOBIN TEST

Used for qualitative determination of cardiac myoglobin in human whole blood/serum/plasma as an aid for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

• Within the first few hours after chest pain, its sensitivity is greater than CK-MB and Troponin I.
• Its serum levels increase within 2 hours after infarction reaching peak concentrations in 6-9 hours.
• Sensitive but non-specific marker of AMI. It is present in both skeletal and cardiac muscles.

Sensitivity: 100%, Specificity: 98.4%, + Predictive V: 92.0%,  – Predictive V: 100%  Cut-off: 50 ng/ml