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What are normal antimyocardial antibody test results?
A positive result means that antimyocardial antibodies are present and that heart disease or damage is likely. Further testing may be needed as other autoantibodies could also be present, causing a false abnormal test.
What is an antimyocardial antibody test used to treat?
This test may be done on a person who recently had trauma to the heart, such as heart surgery or a myocardial infarction (heart attack ). It also may be done on someone with heart disease, such as cardiomyopathy or rheumatic fever.
How is the amount of antimyocardial antibodies measured?
serum is diluted, or titered, and the test is done again. The serum is then further diluted and the test repeated until the serum is so dilute that fluorescence is no longer seen. The last dilution that showed fluorescence is the titer reported.
What aftercare may be needed following an antimyocardial antibody test?
Discomfort or bruising may occur at the puncture site after the blood is drawn or the person may feel dizzy or faint. Pressure to the puncture site until the bleeding stops reduces bruising. Warm packs on the puncture site relieve discomfort.
What is FANA test?
fluorescent antinuclear antibody test, a test for antinuclear antibody components; used, in particular, for the diagnosis of collagen-vascular diseases.
How does the antinuclear antibody test show up in Raynaud's disease?
The antinuclear antibody test of blood is usually negative in Raynaud's disease
What is a fluorescent antibody test?
Laboratory tests. the fluorescent antibody test uses fluorescent tags that are attached to antibodies for easy detection.
What antibody-based test can you buy at your local pharmacy?
An example of a antibody-based test that can be bought at your local pharamacy wouldbe a Pregnancy Test. a pregnancy test is pretty much an ELISA.
What and how is a celiac test done?
A Celiac disease test involves finding out if the small intestine is sensitive to gluten, and such tests include the endomysial antibody (EMA) test and the tissue transglutaminase antibody test.
Are chickenpox antibody and shingles antibody the same?
Chickenpox and shingles result from the same virus, and generate the same antibodies. There is no difference between chickenpox antibody and shingles antibody, and there is only one test (varicella virus antibody) for both.
Is pregnancy test an antigen-antibody 'agglutination' or 'preciptation' reaction?
Its an agglutination test
What is a musk antibody blood test for?
Myasthenia gravis
