Why the study?
Does the measurement of cardiac enzymes provide meaningful information for diagnosing perioperative myocardial infarction after coronary bypass surgery?
Population
88 patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
48 hours postoperatively
Authors
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May support combined CK/CK-MB for perioperative MI diagnosis after CABG; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does the measurement of cardiac enzymes provide meaningful information for diagnosing perioperative myocardial infarction after coronary bypass surgery?
Combined evaluation of CK and CK-MB provides high sensitivity and moderate specificity for diagnosing perioperative myocardial infarction following coronary bypass surgery.
Griesmacher et al. (1990) studied this question.
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