Why the study?
Does successful reperfusion of damaged myocardium result in rapid, identifiable peaks in blood myoglobin concentration compared to creatine kinase?
Population
11 dogs with a 2-hour occlusion of the mid left anterior descending coronary artery and 9 patients with…
Comparison
Myocardial reperfusion vs Pre-reperfusion baseline levels
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 18 hours
Authors
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Myoglobin may enable earlier noninvasive reperfusion assessment than CK; hypothesis-generating in this cohort and requires prospective validation.
Does successful reperfusion of damaged myocardium result in rapid, identifiable peaks in blood myoglobin concentration compared to creatine kinase?
Myoglobin release provides a more rapid and well-defined marker of successful myocardial reperfusion compared to creatine kinase.
Ellis et al. (1985) studied this question.
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