Type of Surgery

Information

Last updated: 11/24/2009

Resources

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]. .



 
PREVIOUS:
8. Results

Advertisement

A physician describes what cholesterol is, the difference between good and bad cholesterol, and how cholesterol leads to atherosclerosis (blood vessel disease).

Related Videos

How open abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery is carried out

Your aorta is the major artery leaving the heart, but extends to the abdomen. The video shows how a bulging out of the aorta (abdominal aortic aneurysm) is treated with a stent.

The Pacemaker of the Heart

Tiny electric currents flow through the heart muscle and cause them to contract, squeezing blood throughout the body. This animation shows the electrical system of the heart and how it is driven by a small patch of tissue called the cardiac pacemaker or sinoatrial node.

Cardiology Medical Animation Reel

This animation shows what angioplasty and stent deployment look like if you could see inside of the blood vessels, up close. There is no narration, but the "balloon" being opened is the angioplasty procedure while the "chicken-wire" cylinder is the stent.

3D CGI medical video carpal tunnel syndrome

A narrated video that provides a detailed overview of the anatomy of the arm, wrist, and hand. It also shows how muscles interact with bone to create movement. Once these are explained, carpal tunnel syndrome is described and one way in which carpal tunnel surgery is performed to correct the problem.

Search

Other Information

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.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_marker

Other Information

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

Find a Qualified Specialist

Looking for a specialist?

Please enter your zip code.