Serum Myoglobin in the Early Phase of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
10.4070/kcj.1986.16.3.373
- Author:
Moo Won KIM
;
Se Woong SEO
;
Sung Gu KIM
;
Young Joo KWON
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Chest Pain;
Diagnosis;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Myoglobin*
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1986;16(3):373-377
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Myoglobin has been shown to be elevated in the serum after myocardial infarction. Myoglobin is one of the first to appear in the serum and its quantification may thus be used in the diagnosis of the early phase of acute myocardial infarction. The purpose of this study was to clarify the time course of myoglobin elevation in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction. We compared this with the time course of serum CPK and obtained following results: 1) Serum myoglobin becomes significantly elevated at 4 hours following onset of chest pain and apears earlier than CPK. 2) Serum myoglobin time curve peaks at 8 hours, whereas the CPK time surve peaks at 16 hours following onset of chest pain. 3) Mearsurement of serum myoglobin in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction can serve as valuable aid in diagnosis of myocardial infarction with other findings.
