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Creatine phosphokinase test - Results

Alternative Names

CPK test; Creatine kinase

What abnormal results mean:

High CPK levels may be seen in patients who have:

Heart attack
Brain injury or stroke
Inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis)
Convulsions
Delirium tremens
Dermatomyositis or polymyositis
Electric shock
Lung tissue death (pulmonary infarction)
Muscular dystrophies

Additional conditions may give positive test results:

Blood test

Reviewed last on: 2/19/2009
Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

References

Anderson JL. ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction and complications of myocardial infarction. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 72.

Barohn RJ. Muscle diseases. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 447.

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