Cardio IQ Advanced Lipid Panel

Cardio IQ Advanced Lipid Panel

The advanced lipid profile provides a more comprehensive assessment of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular risk than standard  lipid panel measurements

Blood

Gold Top Tube

Container/Tube: Gold top tube Specimen: 4 mL serum (2 ml min)   Collection Instructions The assay manufacturer Beckman Coulter advises: "N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), when administered in therapeutic concentrations (for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose), has been...determined to interfere with assays for... Cholesterol, Uric Acid" where "NAC interference may lead to falsely low results." According to Beckman Coulter, the NAC interference should be insignificant by 12 hours after completion of the initial loading dose of an IV infusion treatment regimen consisting of an initial loading dose of 150 mg/kg administered over 1 hour, a second dose of 50 mg/kg administered over 4 hours and a third dose of 100 mg/kg administered over 16 hours.   Patient Preparation If a Cholesterol measurement is to be performed along with Triglycerides, but not part of a Lipid Panel, then the patient should be fasting 9-12 hours prior to collection. If the Cholesterol is ordered as part of a Lipid Panel, then a fasting sample is not required.

Refrigerated

Room temperature: 24 hours                  Refrigerated: 7 days                  Frozen: 15 days

Enzymatic • Nephelometry • Immunoturbidometric • Ion Mobility • Spectrophotometry (SP)   Includes: Cardio IQ® Cholesterol, Total; Cardio IQ® HDL Cholesterol; Cardio IQ® Triglycerides; Cardio IQ® Non-HDL and Calculated Components; Cardio IQ® Lipoprotein Fractionation, Ion Mobility; Cardio IQ® Apolipoprotein B; Cardio IQ® Lipoprotein (a) If Triglyceride is >400 mg/dL, then Cardio IQ® Direct LDL will be performed at an additional charge

Monday - Friday TAT:  5 - 8 Days

Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly

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