Creatine kinase MB in skeletal muscle and serum of spine-fusion patients
Healey JH. Kagen LJ. Velis KP. Levine DB. Clin Orthop. (195):282-8, 1985 May. The low specificity of creatine kinase (CK) MB elevations for myocardial infarction was confirmed by a prospective analysis of paraspinal muscle and postoperative serum levels of CK-MB. Eleven of 30 patients had serum elevations of CK-MB without myocardial infarction. Elevated CK-MB was not specific for myocardial infarction after spine surgery. CK-MB was found in paraspinal muscle of 93% of patients. CK-MB may be a pathologic marker in patients with spinal disease.
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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