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Do cardiac enzymes remove dead tissue as a result of an infarction?
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∙ 14y ago
No, cardiac enzymes, such as CK, CKMB and troponin are proteins that help a cardiac cell function. When the cell is damaged, such as by a myocardial infarction, the cells die, and these proteins are liberated from the cell into the bloodstream where we can detect them and determine there has been cardiac cell death.
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Is cardiac arrest result in myocardial infarction?
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating (or arrests). When a myocardial infarction (MI) occurs a portion of the heart either dies or becomes ischemic. Usually arrest wouldn't be due to an MI but if an MI was big enough it would initiate an arrhythmia called fibrillation and the heart would stop pumping blood. This is also called sudden cardiac death. SCD can occur without an MI as well.
Cardiac enzymes and troponin elevate what?
Cardiac enzymes and troponin levels do not elevate anything. Rather, when you have a heart attack (MI), they are elevated. Unlike damage to any other muscle in your body, damage to the cardiac muscle causes the release of specific cardiac enzymes. Therefore, if they are elevated, you had damage to your heart (i.e. heart attack). I disagree with the above: If both are elevated then you may have had a heart attack but, if cardiac enzymes alone are elevated and not troponin levels then you will not have had a heart attack. That's my personal experience. Troponin levels are now considered a more accurate indicator of damage to the heart muscle as a result of a heart attack than cardiac enzymes which can apply to any other muscle group rather than the heart. In fact to use the word 'cardiac' in this context is misleading because if you sprain your ankle for instance 'cardiac' enzymes will be released into the blood! So, where is the connection between damage to your ankle and that of your heart? Both enzymes therefore need to be elevated to indicate heart damage reliably.
A stab wound to the heart can result in cardiac tamponade this means that?
a stab wound to the heart can result in cardiac tamponade
Why do many inherited conditions result from defective enzymes?
Inherited condition result from defective enzymes because enzymes are proteins and genes encode them.
Why heart failure occur?
The briefest medical explanation for the occurrence of cardiac failure is the result of two completely different viruses or infections are present at once, resulting in not heart attacks but failure of the hearts valves causing cardiac arrest.
What is patient receiving t-pa cardiac tissue reperfusion will result in?
cardiac dysrhythmias
Why is Thrombosis a danger?
Thrombosis can lead to infarction, or death of tissue, as a result of blocked blood supply to the tissue
Spinal cord infarction?
Spinal cord infarction means that there was some damage to the spinal cord, or the blood supply to the spinal cord, which caused cell death there. Depending on severity and level, this could result in paralysis for the patient.
What is the differential diagnosis of elevated creatinine phosphokinase?
increased cpk may result to myocardial infarction, Dystrophies, myocardits and the likes
High level of which ion will result into cardiac arrest?
Potassium (K+)
How is ESR affected by myocardial infarction?
The ESR (or sedimentation rate) is a marker for acute inflammation. In the case of a myocardial infarction it is typically elevated within 3 days of the infarction and may remain elevated for weeks after. The ESR (or sedimentation rate) is a marker for acute inflammation. In the case of a myocardial infarction it is typically elevated within 3 days of the infarction and may remain elevated for weeks after.
What kind of Cardiac conditions can result from a damaged medulla?
One possibility is death because the medulla oblongatta is considered the cardiac center. Without it, or if it is damaged severely can lead to cardiac failure and death.
