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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Henry, J. B. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 20th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 2001.
Wallach, Jacques. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott...
Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
Wu, A., ed. Cardiac Markers. Washington, DC: American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Press, 1998.
PERIODICALS
Ogedegbe, Henry O. "Biochemical Markers in Risk Stratification and Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes."Laboratory Medicine (January 2002): 42–53.
OTHER
"ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction," American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, 1999.
American Heart Association [cited June 30, 2003].
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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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In the United States, 74.2 percent of heart transplantation patients are male, 68.4 percent are white, 24.7 percent are younger than age 35, 20.0 percent are ages 35–49, and 55.3 percent are age 50 or older.
From: American Heart Association
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