Creatine phosphokinase (CPK)

Clinical Nutrition
Lesson 27: Cardio vascular disease

Creatine phosphokinase (CPK)

Increases 4-8 hours after myocardial infarction and by 24 hours it reaches 10 times normal values. The levels return to normal by the 5th day. This enzyme levels are very specific to heart muscle damage.

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