Unusual interference from primary collection tube in a high-performance liquid chromatography assay of amiodarone

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-234

  Murthy, Vadiraja V ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone assay; Assay interference from primary collection tube; Desethylamiodarone, active metabolite; HPLC

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DETERMINATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS;

EID: 0030981664     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1997)11:4<232::AID-JCLA10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Rosenbaum MB, Chiale PA, Halpern MS, Nau GJ, Przybylski J, Levi RJ, Lazzari JO, Elizan MW: Clinical efficacy of amiodarone as an antiarrhythmic agent. Am J Cardiol 38:934-944, 1976.
2. Kennedy RL, Griffiths H, Gray TA. Amiodarone and the thyroid. Clin Chem 35:1882-1887, 1989.
3. Lam S: High performance liquid chromatography of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone in serum after microscale protein precipitation. J Chromatogr 381:175-178, 1986.