Serum CK-MB

3-5cc Clotted Blood or Serum

This test is not in routine use, it was historically used to help diagnose a a heart attack but since been replaced by the superior marker troponin.

It is no longer in routine use within the UK. It may rarely be requested if a total CK concentration is raised but no clear source is identified.

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A blood sample taken from a vein in the arm

CK-MB levels may be increased by extensive trauma to skeletal muscles.