TY - JOUR AU - Cemin, Roberto AU - Daves, Massimo PY - 2015 TI - Pre-analytic variability in cardiovascular biomarker testing JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 7, No 10 (October 31, 2015): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2015 KW - N2 - The impact of laboratory medicine on clinical cardiology has dramatically increased over the years and a lot of cardiovascular biomarkers have been recently proposed. In order to avoid clinical mistakes, physicians should be well aware of all the aspects, which could affect the quality of laboratory results, remembering that pre-analytic variability is an often overlooked significant source of bias, determining the vast majority of laboratory errors. This review addresses the determinants of pre-analitycal variability in cardiovascular biomarker testing, focusing on the most widespread biomarkers, which are cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/5482