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Cardiovascular Disease Markers

Cognoscenti Health Institute currently performs the following cardiovascular risk assessment tests at its Central Florida Research Park testing facility in Orlando:

Test Turn-Around
Time
Specimen
Requirement
Lipids
Cholesterol same day SST tube
Triglyceride same day SST tube
HDL Cholesterol same day SST tube
LDL Cholesterol, calculated same day SST tube
LDL Cholesterol, direct same day SST tube
VLDL Cholesterol same day SST tube
 
Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins
Apolipoprotein A-1 same day SST tube
Apolipoprotein B same day SST tube
Apolipoprotein B/A ratio same day SST tube
LDL subfractionation 0-2 days SST tube
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] same day SST tube
 
Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP) same day SST tube
Homocysteine same day SST tube
Chlamydia Pneumoniae IgG and IgM titer* 2-4 days* SST tube
 
Genetic Predispositions
Factor V Leiden Mutation 1-3 days Lavender
Factor II (Prothrombin) 20210 mutation 1-3 days Lavender
Factor V and factor II multiplex analysis 1-3 days Lavender
Apolipoprotein E genotyping* 6-10 days* Lavender
 
Cardiac Enzymes and Other Cardiac Injury Markers
CK same day SST tube
CK-MB same day SST tube
LDH same day SST tube
Myoglobin same day SST tube
Troponin I same day SST tube



* denotes tests performed at an off-site reference laboratory.