Rapid myocardial infarction test HUBI

proteinh-FABPblood

The HUBI-FABP is a rapid, point of care test based on immunochromatography assay to be used with the HUBI-QUAN pro for the quantitative measurement of Heart type Fatty-acid Binding Protein (H-FABP) in EDTA anticoagulated whole blood or plasma specimens. Early diagnosis is important in acute myocardial infarction (AMI), Therefore, the diagnostic method with better accuracy and rapidity is crucial to improve management of patients with suspected AMI. The Fatty-acid Binding Proteins (FABPs) are relatively small cytoplasmic proteins (15 kDa) and rapidly released from the cells into the circulation shortly after the onset of the cell damage. There are several kinds of FABPs which are tissue-specific. The H-FABP is reported to be one of the earliest marker for injured myocardium and the concentration of the H-FABP in blood will increase reliably within 6 hours after onset of myocardium injury. The H-FABP has high cardiac specificity because the H-FABP content in cardiac is approximately ten times higher than skeletal muscle.