The first report of a case with acute myocardial infarction showing familial deficiency of creatine kinase.
A 46-year-old male patient was diagnosed as suffering from acute myocardial infarction, but his serum creatine kinase (CK) level was extremely low and no CK isozymes were detected in the serum. The total CK activities in the skeletal muscle amounted to only 2% of that of the control. Electrophoresis of the CK isozymes in the skeletal muscle showed that CK-MM was absent but the CK-BB and abnormal isozyme bands were present. There was no evidence of myocardial ischemia, although the exercise treadmill test revealed ST segment depression in the chest leads. One of the patient's sisters had an extremely low serum CK level suggesting inheritance of this abnormality. This is the first report of a case showing familial deficiency of CK.
Shibuya
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J
First Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Matsumoto
T
T
Takahashi
K
K
Sugisawa
K
K
Yasutomi
N
N
Kawashima
S
S
Naruse
H
H
Tateishi
J
J
Iwasaki
T
T
Tozawa
T
T
D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010375:Pedigree
D007527:Isoenzymes; D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid; D003402:Creatine Kinase