Pub Date : 2017-03-29DOI: 10.1373/JALM.2016.022418
P. Collinson, Jennifer Hersey, R. Bray, D. Gaze, P. Lim, S. Firoozi, A. Ntalianis, F. Boa, A. Prasad
Objective: To establish the analytical performance of a heart fatty acid binding protein (HFABP) method suitable for routine clinical use and examine its role for the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Methods: Analyses of HFABP were performed on an Advia 2400 (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics). Imprecision, limit of detection (LOD), limit of blank (LOB), and linearity were assessed using standard methods. Stability was assessed at 4 °C, −20 °C, and with 3 repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Clinical diagnostic performance was assessed using chest pain in patients, with a final diagnosis according to the universal definition of myocardial infarction with cardiac troponin I (cTnI) measured on the Siemens Advia Centaur (cTnI Ultra method, 99th percentile 50 ng/L, 10% CV 30 ng/L). Ischemia was detected using sampling pre- and postangioplasty. Results: LOD and analytical imprecision exceeded the manufacturer9s specification (LOD 1.128 μg/L, 20% CV 1.3 μg/L, 10% CV 2.75 μg/L). Clinical diagnostic efficiency was less than cTnI. Addition of HFABP to cTnI produced a modest increase in diagnostic sensitivity at a cost of significant loss of specificity. Conclusions: Although the test had excellent analytical performance, it did not contribute to the clinical diagnosis of patients with chest pain. HFABP appears to be a marker of myocardial infarction not myocardial ischemia.
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Pub Date : 2017-03-01DOI: 10.1373/JALM.2016.022426
L. Tooth, P. Collinson
K.S., a 26-year-old male, presented to the lipid clinic at St George's Hospital in London with a baseline cholesterol concentration of 8.8 mmol/L (340 mg/dL) and a calculated LDL cholesterol concentration of 7.1 mmol/L (275 mg/L). On clinical examination, there were neither tendon xanthomas nor a family history of hypercholesterolemia or premature death from vascular disease. At this time, K.S. did not meet the Simon Broome criteria (Table 1) for possible familial hypercholesterolemia (FH),2 and because the patient had a body mass index of 31.5 kg/m2 (target <25), lifestyle modification was suggested and a review appointment ordered for 6 months. A carotid intima-medial thickness (CIMT) measurement was ordered to help assess vascular risk. The results showed no plaque, but a right CIMT of 0.6 mm and a left CIMT of 0.7 mm, which were both above the 97.5th percentile for his age and consistent with early atheromatous change. View this table: Table 1. Simon Broome criteria for the diagnosis of FH.a The following year, his younger brother (aged 23 years) presented with a raised cholesterol concentration of 9.6 mmol/L (371 mg/dL) and a calculated LDL cholesterol concentration of 7.7 mmol/L (298 mg/L). Because the brother had a first-degree relative with raised cholesterol, he met the Simon Broome criteria for possible FH and was investigated …
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