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Last updated: 11/24/2009
Cardiac marker tests identify blood chemicals associated with myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack. The myocardium is the middle layer of the heart wall composed of heart muscle. Infarction is tissue death caused by an interruption...
in the blood supply to an area.
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Medical tests that are often referred to as cardiac markers include:
cardiac troponin (the most sensitive and specific test for myocardial damage)
creatine kinase (CK, also known as phosphocreatine kinase or creatine phosphokinase)
Aspartate transaminase (AST, also called Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (GOT/SGOT) or aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT))
lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
Myoglobin (Mb) has low specificity for myocardial infarction and is used less than the other markers.
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They've become more prevalent since the heart surgery.
-Skip Rutherford
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