Key result
Elevated serum myoglobin levels were present in all patients with acute myocardial infarction and about 50% of those with acute coronary insufficiency, identifying those at risk for complications.
Why the study?
Does serum myoglobin level accurately detect myocardial necrosis in patients with ischemic cardiac injury?
Population
178 consecutive patients admitted for chest pain due to ischemic cardiac injury
Comparison
Serum myoglobin level measurement vs Serum creatine kinase levels, clinical…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
during hospitalization
Authors
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Serum myoglobin may aid early AMI detection in chest pain; extends biomarker utility beyond CK and ECG.
Observational (n=178)
Does serum myoglobin level accurately detect myocardial necrosis in patients with ischemic cardiac injury?
Serum myoglobin is a reliable early marker of myocardial necrosis that can detect small-size acute myocardial infarctions in patients presenting with acute coronary insufficiency.
Aharon Isakov (1988) conducted an observational in Ischemic cardiac injury (n=178). Elevated serum myoglobin levels vs. Normal serum myoglobin levels was evaluated on Clinical condition, electrocardiographic changes, and serum creatine kinase levels. Elevated serum myoglobin levels were present in all patients with acute myocardial infarction and about 50% of those with acute coronary insufficiency, identifying those at risk for complications.
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