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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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How is cardiac cycle affected by MI?

Myocardial infarction (MI) can disrupt the normal cardiac cycle by causing damage to the heart muscle, leading to impaired contraction and relaxation. This can result in diminished cardiac output, arrhythmias, and heart failure. The severity of these effects depends on the location and extent of the heart damage.


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?

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A stab wound to the heart can result in cardiac tamponade this means that?

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Why do many inherited conditions result from defective enzymes?

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