An ideal marker for cardiac disease should have these qualitites:
- Should be specific to myocardial tissue
- Be in low concentrations in normal peripheral blood
- Be rapidly released after myocardial injury
- Should be detected in low quantities with little interference from like compounds
- Should remain in circulation for a sufficient length of time for detection
- The plasma concentration of the marker should be directly related to the extent of injury.
- The test for the biomarker should be easily automated and relatively inexpensive to run, and results should be obtained rapidly.
