Specimen:

Serum or Plasma

Collection Medium:

Alternate
Collection Media:

Lavender top tube (EDTA), Pink top tube (EDTA sprayed)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum:  1 mL serum or plasma
Absolute Minimum:  0.2 mL serum or plasma

Rejection Criteria:

Ambient and unprocessed blood samples (EDTA whole blood).

Delivery Instructions:

Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.

Analytic Time:

5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

0-234 ng/mL

Interpretive Data:

Patients with high lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 
concentrations greater than or equal to 235 ng/mL are at increased risk 
for cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction and ischemic 
stroke.  The median lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 value for a 
healthy population is 235 ng/mL.

Methodology:

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

CPT Code:

83698