Heart muscle antibody (HMA) is an antibody that can appear in the blood serum in various cardiac muscle injuries, as well as after infections.
The procedure
Material needed
- Blood serum
Preparation of the patient
- Not known
Disruptive factors
- None known
Normal value
| Normal value | Negative |
Indications
- Suspected myocardial damage
Interpretation
Interpretation of increased values
- Myocardial damage such as after myocardial infarction (heart attack) or myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle)
- Condition after infectious diseases such as after streptococcal, mumps, toxoplasmosis or influenza infection.
Interpretation of lowered values
- Not relevant to the disease
Further notes
- No routine test