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Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)
Test CodeLAB179
Quest Code
683
CPT Codes
82164
Preferred Specimen
1 mL serum in gold top or plain red top tube
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in: Sodium heparin (green-top) tube or lithium heparin (green-top) tube
Transport Container
Serum separator tube (SST)
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 60 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 60 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Gross hemolysis • Grossly lipemic
Methodology
Spectrophotometry (SP)
Setup Schedule
Cutoff 8am Monday through saturday
Report Available
3 days
Reference Range
| 6 Months-17 Years | 13-100 U/L | |
| Adult | 9-67 U/L | |
Clinical Significance
This test is useful in evaluating patients presenting with sarcoidosis, Gaucher's disease and lymphangiomyomatosis in that the enzyme is increased in these clinical settings.
Performing Laboratory
| Quest Diagnostics - South Region |
