title: An improved method for measuring the size of myocardial infarctions.
abstract: A new method is proposed for the estimation of infarction size from several measurements of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity. This method develops the previous method of Shell and co-workers by introducing the concept of a time- dependent fractional disappearance rate for CPK (kd(t) from the blood. This method would allow more accurate estimates to be made of infarction size.
mesh_terms: D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008722:Methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase