Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 17 January 2019 doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0172.v1 1 Article 2 How Does Contrast Media Affect Cardiac Markers 3 and Coagulation Tests? Experimental Study 4 Mustafa Begenc Tascanov 1,* Ataman Gönel 2 5 1 Department of Cardiology, Harran University, Turkey;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +90-555-7860033 8 9 Abstract: 10 Background and objectives: The fact that the results of troponin and Nt-proBNP interfere from biotin 11 caused some commercial firms to update their measurement methods. In particular, the clinical 12 incompatibility of cardiac test results may affect the risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this 13 study is to investigate the interference effects of 7 different contrast agents on cardiac markers 14 (Troponin-I, Nt-proBNP, Mass CK-MB, CK, AST, LDH) and coagulation tests (PT, APTT). 15 Materials and Methods: Seven different contrast medias were added into control materials by using 16 interference protocol. Concentration of PT, APTT, CK, AST, LDH, Mass CK-MB, Troponin-I, 17 Nt-proBNP were measured by Sysmex CS-2100, Abbott c16000, Siemens Centaur XP and AFİAS-6 18 analyzer. The amount of deviations from target values were calculated. 19 Results: 7 different contrast medias caused negative interference in troponin levels between 57.43% 20 and 62.87%. It was found that different contrast medias produced false negativity in the pro-BNP 21 test ranging from 6.11% to 96.01%. Enzymes and coagulation tests have been less affected.