Macro CK in patients with elevated troponin I levels : case report

Autor:	Geoffrey Omuse, Evelyne Mulwa, Ruchika Kohli-Kochhar, P. J. Ojwang
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry Cardiac pathology food and beverages nutritional and metabolic diseases General Medicine Troponin Internal medicine Troponin I medicine Cardiology biology.protein In patient Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business
Zdroj:	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. 23:e7-e10
ISSN:	1680-0745 1995-1892
DOI:	10.5830/cvja-2010-082
Popis:	CK-MB activity levels can be falsely elevated by the presence of macro CK, especially if immune-inhibition assays are used in the measurement. In patients with macro CK and cardiac pathology that could result in an elevated CK-MB activity, the diagnostic challenge lies in determining the true cause of the elevated CK-MB activity. We present two case reports of patients with elevated CK-MB activity and troponin I levels, but who subsequently had CK-MB activity higher than total CK activity, raising the suspicion of the presence of macro CK.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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