scholarly journals Diagnostic efficiency of serum creatine kinase and troponin I in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-319
Author(s):  
S. Zrari ◽  
S. Mohammed
1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 1291-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
J E Adams ◽  
K B Schechtman ◽  
Y Landt ◽  
J H Ladenson ◽  
A S Jaffe

Abstract Although measurement of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is, in some situations, more specific for detection of cardiac injury than is measurement of the MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (MBCK), its sensitivity and specificity relative to MBCK for detection of myocardial infarction has not been established. Accordingly, we studied prospectively 199 consecutive patients admitted to the coronary care unit. Values of MBCK and cTnI mass were determined in all samples. Of the 188 patients admitted with a suspicion of acute myocardial ischemia, 89 were diagnosed as having an acute myocardial infarction on the basis of the patterns of MBCK values. Eighty-six of these patients also had increased cTnI (concordance, 96.6%); three did not. Of the patients diagnosed as without infarction, five with unstable angina and symptoms in the day(s) prior to admission had increased cTnI, for a cTnI specificity of 94.9%. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that cTnI and MBCK had statistically indistinguishable diagnostic accuracies for the detection of acute myocardial infarction.


1997 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milenko J. Tanasijevic ◽  
Christopher P. Cannon ◽  
Donald R. Wybenga ◽  
George A. Fischer ◽  
Christine Grudzien ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard X. Brogan ◽  
Judd E. Hollander ◽  
Charles F. McCuskey ◽  
Henry C. Thode ◽  
Jeffrey Snow ◽  
...  

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 1725-1728 ◽  
Author(s):  
D R Collins ◽  
D J Wright ◽  
M G Rinsler ◽  
P Thomas ◽  
S Bhattacharya ◽  
...  

Abstract In 195 patients presenting with chest pain and referred acutely for cardiological assessment, blood was taken immediately for assay of creatine kinase (CK; EC 2.7.3.2) MB isoenzyme by an immunochemical method and results [mass units of enzyme per liter of plasma (microgram/L)] were obtained within 30 min of sampling. Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the patients was made independently, based on electrocardiograms and conventional cardiac enzyme profiles. The administration of any thrombolytic therapy in response to the CK-MB concentration result was also noted, allowing assessment of the assay's potential influence on patient management in addition to the diagnostic efficiency evaluation. The study demonstrated that, when blood samples were collected on admission to hospital and the decision level suggested by the manufacturers was utilized, the assay had an immediate sensitivity of 52% and a specificity of 97%. Of the 81 patients who were shown by conventional means to have had acute myocardial infarction, 8 (10%) had equivocal electrocardiograms but positive CK-MB concentration results. In four of these patients (5%), thrombolytic therapy was given on the basis of the clinical features and a positive CK-MB concentration result alone.


1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 775-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Williams ◽  
K M Williams ◽  
T Marshall

Abstract We used isoelectric focusing (IEF) in polyacrylamide gels to investigate the effects of glutathione on the sub-bands of serum creatine kinase (CK; EC 2.7.3.2) isoenzyme MM in acute myocardial infarction. The intensity of the "abnormal" sub-bands c (pI 7.25), e (pI 6.85), and g (pI 6.50) increased, and that of the "normal" sub-bands 1 (pI 6.91), 2 (pI 6.65), and 3 (pI 6.35) decreased, following serum incubation with reduced glutathione (GSH, final concentration 1.25 mmol/L). Further incubation with oxidized glutathione (GSSG, final concentration 5 mmol/L) reversed this change and restored the original pattern, whereas GSSG at 7.5 mmol/L caused sub-bands c, e, and g to disappear and sub-bands 1, 2, and 3 to be enhanced. Sequential incubation of serum with 2.5 mmol of GSSG and 7.5 mmol of GSH per liter produced the opposite sequence of events; i.e., the "abnormal" sub-bands disappeared then reappeared (and GSH at 10 mmol/L enhanced their reappearance). At higher concentrations, glutathione (GSH or GSSG) impaired the detection of the CK-MM sub-bands after IEF, an effect that was "quenched" by heat-inactivated serum of low CK activity. Likewise, the intensity of tissue CK-MM (corresponding to myocardium extracted into 100 mmol/L Tris HCl buffer, pH 7.4) was greatly enhanced by adding heat-inactivated serum to the tissue extract before IEF. We discuss the significance of these findings for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.


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