Cardiac Markers 

When a myocardial infarction occurs in the hypoperfused region of the myocardium oxygen can no longer be supplied to the cells in the region. Cell death is inevitable if oxygen is n not restored within 10-15 min. Cell death results in the release of certain proteins from within cytoplasm into the blood stream. Some proteins are exclusive to and predominant in the cardiac muscle cells, they can function as cardiac markers and be detected in the blood specimens of AMI patients by specialized immunoassays. Unfortunately none of cardiac markers that have been discovered show early release, Have 100% cardiac specificity, and a substantial life time in circulation. This situation has lead to a panel approach for the utilization of markers in patients with AMI. The constituents of this cardiac panel should include a marker that rapidly increases after cardiac injury and is highly cardiac tissue specific. The cTnI is seemed to be the most sensitivity marker. The combination of cTnI, CK-MB and Myoglobin are widely used in panel assays intended for the determination of AMI in chest pain patients.

Our 5 min Cardiac test is a lateral flow immunoassay for the rapid, qualitative detection of Troponin I, CK-MB and Myoglobin in human whole blood or serum. This test is to be used as an aid in the diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) providing results in as little as 10 minutes.