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 Cardiac enzymesTests



*What's the meaning of Cardiac?

*What's the function of the heart Cardiac?

*What's Cardiac enzyme analysis? 

* When you should do "Cardiac enzymes?

*What's the importance of Cardiac enzyme analysis? 


* Firstly, What's the meaning of Cardiac : 

 . Cardiac means heart And cardiac means something related to the heart like a disease or a person with heart disease.

 *Secondly, Our heart has so many functions such as : 

- pumps blood all around the body all the time and it means circulation

- it maintains blood pressure very well

-it controls the speed of heart rate

*Thirdly, What's Cardiac enzymes analysis : 

CK means creatine kinase, There are three isoenzymes that is related to muscles and the brain ( Ck-mb , ck-bb ,Ck-mm)

Ck is elevated in diseases related to muscles such as muscle dystrophy, viral myositis, and similar muscle diseases

In case of myocardial infarction ck and ck-mb start to rise within 3-8 hours, reach a peak in 10-24 hours and return to normal in 3-4 days.

Ck-mb is elevated in heart diseases such as myocardial infarction, cardiac trauma, and in Cardiac surgeries 

-Causes of decreased ck levels : 

- in pregnancy

- decreased muscle mass 

- multiple organ failure 

- intensive care patients or severe infections.

-Normal range in 37-degree temperature: 

- in male : 38-174 U/L

- in female: 26-140 U/L 

Note: normal ranges may be different because enzymes is affected by temperature.



*Fourthly, When you should do "Cardiac enzymes ":

You should do it When you want to do a checkup for your health or According to doctor's orders.

* Finally, what's the importance of heart enzymes analysis: 

Heart enzyme tests measure how efficiently your heart and muscles are working. And searching for diseases, infractions, and Traumas.

Wish you all a good , balanced, and healthy lifestyle 

Resources: 

- Clinical chemistry book of Technical health institute of Egypt

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