Parma, Italy - Authors of a new, prospective, multicenter study say their research is the first to clearly show a link between elevated creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) post-PCI and increased risk of ...

What is the significance of asymptomatic CK elevation in combination therapy of hyperlipidemia with statin/Niaspan (niacin extended-release tablets)? I have a patient whose lipids were suboptimally ...

Your body produces the enzyme creatine kinase (CK) or creatine phosphokinase to keep your muscles functioning properly. Healthcare providers use the CK test to check levels of this protein in your ...

A motorcycle accident five years ago that damaged his cervical spinal cord left a 65-year-old African-American man with left spastic hemiparesis (almost hemiparalysis). He takes baclofen for the ...

During an evaluation for myasthenia gravis, a 67-year-old white man on statin therapy was found to have a creatine kinase (CK) of 600 mg/dL (normal <200). Although the statin was discontinued, the CK ...

Cardiac enzymes ― also known as cardiac biomarkers ― include myoglobin, troponin and creatine kinase. Historically, lactate dehydrogenase, or LDH, was also used but is non-specific. Cardiac enzymes ...

Abhiram Prasad, MD, of the University of London (London, England), and colleagues evaluated 5,268 consecutive patients undergoing non-emergent PCI at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) between November ...