Roche Cardiac 200 Offers Rapid Cardiac Diagnostics for the Point of Care
...sts per hour and offers a full cardiac marker menu that includes NT-proBNP, troponin I (TnI), CKMB and Myoglobin. The instrument uses a unique internal correcte...dies have shown that Roche Cardiac 200 diagnostic results for NT-proBNP and troponin I are essentially equivalent to core lab results. (2, 3, 4) The R...Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks
...d. The study was to be presented June 12 in Denver at the annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery. The researchers tested the cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels of the study participants one, three and seven days after their surgery and when they were discharged. Elevated levels of cTnT, a pro...Biosite Incorporated Issues Voluntary, Nationwide Recall for Cardiac Marker Test
... recovery of quality control samples containing Creatine Kinase MB (CK-MB), troponin I and myoglobin on the affected lot. Although there have been no reported ...o date, low recovery may lead to reporting of falsely low values for CK-MB, troponin I and myoglobin. A root cause investigation has been initiated. The...Explaining trends in heart attack
...not similarly declined is explained by the greater sensitivity of diagnostic AMI biomarkers; they note, for example, that the detection rate of AMI by troponin was higher than in earlier decades. Another explanation for the decline in AMI mortality rates may be found in a second report from the same Circu...U.S. Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe
...it cannot pump blood to the body, decreased by 5.7 percent per year, while the percentage of cases with abnormal biomarkers such as creatine kinase or troponin decreased by a modest, but statistically significant, 0.7 percent a year. The finding comes from the ongoing Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities St...Quintet of proteins forms new, early-warning blood test before heart attack strikes
... it?" much earlier than existing assays for heart attack, such as tests for troponin proteins I and T. Van Eyk says commercially available tests for cardiac... to take preventive action," and "after some damage has already occurred." troponin lab tests also depend on the heart muscle dying first, which can take hours...NxStage Applauds Array of Studies To Be Presented at American Society of Nephrology Meeting
...appear to have less volume overload and less evidence for myocardial injury based upon significant reductions in cardiovascular (CV) markers troponin T (cTnT) and proBNP in the home daily dialysis group vs. a matched conventional in-center dialysis cohort (F-PO1706, 11/7, 10:00 AM). -- "...Study shows emergency physicians have good first instincts in diagnosing heart attacks
... No MI may have had symptoms but, according to the troponin levels throughout their hospital stay, did not act...ck. Patients classified as NSTEMI showed elevated troponin levels when first admitted, usually because their ... classified as EMI did not initially show elevated troponin levels when presenting to the ED, but showed evid...Northfield Laboratories Reports Results of Pivotal Phase III Trauma Study
...easons, including direct trauma to the chest. Myocardial infarction and myocardial ischemia are traditionally assessed by EKGs and the cardiac enzymes troponin I and CK-MB, both of which can be altered by direct trauma. Approximately 75% of the patients in this study had abnormal EKGs or elevated cardiac enzy...Point of Care Cardiac Analyzers Yield Rapid Cardiac Marker Results
...ithout ST-segment elevation based on their cardiac troponin levels. troponin levels additionally aid in risk stratification. ...quantitative determination of CK-MB, myoglobin and troponin I in whole blood and plasma specimens using EDTA a...Clearview Troponin I (25 Tests)
Description: For the qualitative detection of cardiac troponin I (cTnl) in human whole blood and serum specimens...Clearview Troponin I (5 Tests)
Description: For the qualitative detection of cardiac troponin I (cTnl) in human whole blood and serum specimens...Innotrac Aio! 2nd Generation Troponin I Assay
Description: Innotrac Aio! 2nd generation cardiac troponin I assay is a highly sensitive immunoassay providing quantitative results directly from whole blood in less than 18 minutes. The assay is based on a unique combination of antibodies that enable improved and earlier detection of myocardial damage....Access® AccuTnI™ Troponin I Assay
Description: According to the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for the use of cardiac markers in coronary artery disease, troponin I is definitive of acute myocardial infarction. The new Access AccutnI assay was designed for rapid turnaround and improved sensitivity and specificity....Myocardial Infarction - Myoglobin and Troponin Cassette
Description: Rapid Screen Tests are used by hospitals, clinics and the retail consumers to help analyze many human health conditions. The majority of these products are one-step, lateral flow membrane tests, which are offered in strip, cassette, and stick formats. Other panel formats and flow through membrane t...IMA ACB Test COBAS Mira Plus, 100T
Description:...n ischemic event, returning to normal level several hours after cessation of ischemia. IMA can be used in conjunction with electrocardiogram (ECG) and troponin as an aid to rule out ACS at presentation-saving time, resources and money....Studies point to novel target for treating arrhythmias
...filament activation and contraction. Mutations in troponin genes had been linked to inherited forms of hypert...evious studies, Knollmann's team demonstrated that troponin mutations associated with HCM increase the sensiti...mined the heart rhythms of mice expressing various troponin mutants that cause HCM and showed that the mice de...Biophysical Society announces winners of 2008 Student Travel Awards
...ein College of Medicine, in Silico and in vitro Characterization of Cardiac troponin T Mutations Known to Cause Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Nic... Kareen L. Kreutziger, University of Washington, Coupled Interactions of troponin C Ca2+-Binding Kinetics and Strong Crossbridge Formation in Cardiac Muscle ...Spectral announces first quarter 2009 results
...es were higher due to improved EAA(TM) diagnostic sales and the consistency of royalty revenues and reagent sales related to the Company's proprietary troponin I products. Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2009 were $1,043,000, compared to $976,000 for the corresponding period in 2009,...Spectral announces 2008 financial results
...re expected to remain consistent in the next fiscal year. Certain pre-established royalty plateaus were reached in 2007 by a licensee of the Company's troponin I technology, with a resultant reduction in related revenues of $641,000. In future years, a portion of this impact should be offset as revenues from ...Singulex Closes $19 Million Financing Round
... clinical diagnostic market. Initially, the company will focus on cardiovascular disease risk diagnostics using its assay platform for the biomarker c troponin I (cTnI), a well-validated marker for cardiac necrosis. "Singulex's steady progress in publishing strong data from premier medical schools in the...Boston Biomedical Research Institute Maintains Baa3 Rating from Moody's
...e funding, as possible supplemental funding resources." Among the Institute's scientific breakthroughs have been research that paved the way for the troponin Assay, one of the standard tests now used by physicians to determine whether a person is having a heart attack and Hyaluronan, essential for eye surge...Spectral announces 2007 financial results
...on of products for the life science research and clinical diagnostics markets. Spectral will provide Bio-Rad with its proprietary single chain troponin I reagents, which are now being sold by five major international reagent supply and instrumentation companies. - Upgraded manufacturing fac...CV Therapeutics Announces Presentations at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007
...Evaluation of the Prognostic Implications of Low Level Elevation of Cardiac troponin Using a New Highly-sensitive Assay for Cardiac troponin I: Results from the MERLIN TIMI-36 Trial; Oral abstract, Monday, November 5...Mouse Anti-Human Troponin T Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated, Clone 9B1 from Lab Vision
Description: This antibody is specific for human cardiac troponin subunit T, a 31kDa protein involved in transmitting the Ca-binding signals responsible for contraction of cardiac muscle. It reacts with subunit T of the troponin complex in human cells. It also cross-reacts with human skeletal troponin T (23.2% ...Rabbit Anti-Human S100 A6 Ab-9 Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Lab Vision
Description:... S100 belongs to the family of calcium binding proteins such as calmodulin and troponin C. S100A is composed of an alpha and beta chain whereas S100B is composed of two beta chains. S100 protein is also expressed in the antigen presenti...