title: [Studies of activity kinetic of isoenzyme CK-MB in serum after myocardial infarction (author's transl)].
abstract: We investigated the activity kinetics of CK-total and CK-MB in 83 patients with proven myocardial infarctions. Serial serum samples were taken at intervals of 2--6 h. The activity of isoenzym CK-MB was determined by means of the immunological inhibition method. CK-MB activity was determined in all patients. The mean peak activity of CK-MB was 65 U/l (range: 9-241 U/l). At the time of peak CK-MB activity the mean percentage CK-MB activity was 13.2% (range: 3.4--21.7%). The CK-MB activity reached its peak at 17.4 h (range: 3.0--32.5 h) after the onset of retrosternal pain. This is 1.4 h after peak CK-total activity. The mean disappearance rate constant for CK-MB (n = 31) was found to be 9.3 X 10(-4) U/min with a large individual variation. This value corresponds to a half life of 12.5 h (CK-total: 15.5 h). The determination of CK-MB activity is therefore only of diagnostic significance within 48 h of possible myocardial occurrence. Moreover, isoenzyme CK-MB is not found exclusively in myocardium. For this reason it is better to use the percentage CK-MB activity in the differential diagnosis of myocardial infarction. With 80% of the patients this value is greater than 6% within 36 h of proven myocardial infarction.
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Aktivitätskinetik des Isoenzymes CK-MB im Serum nach Myokardinfarkt.