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Hirakata City Hospital, Osaka
Visual reading of Rapicheck H-FABP test leads to inaccurate results
February 3rd, 2006
Visual reading of the Rapicheck H-FABP test (Dainippon Pharmaceutical, Osaka, Japan) often leads to inaccurate results. In recent study from Japan, a group of cardiologists "evaluated the accuracy of visually reading the whole blood Rapicheck H-FABP panel test," which detects the early heart attack marker heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP), "using the quantitative plasma H-FABP concentration as the reference." "Consecutive patients with chest pain (n=237) who were suspected of having acute myocardial infarction were recruited," explained M. Hiura and coauthors at Hirakata City Hospital. "The appearance of an evident test line within 5 min...
Source: Medicine & Law Weekly (2006-02-03)
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