Although findings have suggested that patients with high creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) levels after CABG surgery have an increased mortality risk, further studies with standardized enzyme assays and ...

Results of a Phase 1/2a gene therapy clinical trial in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) revealed a significant decrease in levels of serum creatine kinase, an enzyme biomarker ...

Physical exercise or strenuous sporting activities can increase blood creatine kinase (CK) levels—something to bear in mind in patients with suspected statin-associated muscle symptoms. In their ...

We investigated the association between skin rash and plasma creatine kinase (CK) levels in oncology phase I trials. We analysed data from 295 patients treated at our institution within 25 phase I ...

Your doctor may recommend the creatine phosphokinase (CPK) test if there's a need to measure CPK enzyme levels in your blood. The cells in your body require this creatine kinase enzyme to generate ...

The creatine kinase level was 1110 U per liter with a creatine kinase MB value of 12 ng per milliliter; troponin I was undetectable. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 8 mm per hour.

Some patients presenting with pneumonia have elevated CK levels. What is the pathophysiology behind this, and does this finding have any clinical relevance?

Statins are a class of lipid-lowering drugs. They are normally well tolerated; however, some studies have attributed statins to several side effects including an increased level of creatine kinase ...

McMinnville High School football coach Jeff Kearin prepares to answer questions from the media after an alarmingly high number of its players were hospitalized for high creatine kinase levels.