title: [Serum isoforms of creatine kinase MM (MM3/MM1 ratio) in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: The reliability of serum MM3/MM1 ratio as a marker for AMI was evaluated in 81 consecutive coronary-care admission. Of these, 62 patients were diagnosed as definite infarction and 19 patients as angina, using WHO criteria. The MM3/MM1 ratio in the admission serum sample was 1.85 +/- 2.01 in 62 patients with definite infarction; in contrast, the MM3/MM1 ratio was 0.24 +/- 0.14 in 19 patients with angina (P less than 0.01 for MI group vs angina group). Among the AMI patients admitted within 12 h after onset, the diagnostic accuracy of the ratio MM3/MM1 was higher than CK, CK-MB, LDH, LD1/LD2 and GOT and similar to Mb in the initial serum samples. It seems that the MM3/MM1 ratio was a better enzyme marker than the others in the early stage of AMI, especially before 12 h.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital, PLA, Beijing.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase